Defining the minimal important difference for the visual analogue scale assessing dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusions.

BACKGROUND: The minimal important difference (MID) is essential for interpreting the results of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Despite a number of RCTs in patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) which use the visual analogue scale for dyspnea (VASD) as an outcome measure, the MID has...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Mishra, E, Corcoran, J, Hallifax, R, Stradling, J, Maskell, N, Rahman, N
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: PLOS 2015