Defining the clinically important difference in pain outcome measures
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- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 88 (3), 287-294
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00339-0
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of change on standard pain scales that represent clinically important differences to patients. Data from analgesic studies are often difficult to interpret because the clinical importance of the results is not obvious. Differences betweenKeywords
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