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Table 3 Proposed minimal clinical important difference (MCID) values after total knee arthroplasty

From: Minimal clinically important difference of commonly used patient-reported outcome measures in total knee arthroplasty: review of terminologies, methods and proposed values

Test

Citation

Follow-up

Subset

Method

Value

Variability (if reported)

Measurement error (if reported)

WOMAC

Quintana et al., 2006 [16]

6 months

Pain

Mean change

22.6

 

22.9

Function

 

17.7

 

12.7

Stiffness

 

12.9

 

29.1

Escobar et al., 2007 [14]

2 years

Overall

Mean change

15.0

  

Pain

 

27.9

 

22.4

Function

 

20.8

 

13.1

Stiffness

 

21.4

 

29.1

Chesworth et al., 2008 [13]

1 year

Pain

ROC

36.0

  

Function

 

33.0

  

Escobar et al., 2013 [17]

1 year

Pain

Global

30.0

 

8.6

Mean change

29.9

27.1 to 32.6

 

ROC

20.5

20.2 to 20.9

 

Additional anchors

27.0

  

Function

Global

32.0

 

5.1

Mean change

31.1

28.3 to 33.9

 

ROC

24.2

23.6 to 24.7

 

Additional anchors

20.0

  

Escobar et al., 2014 [15]

1 year

Pain

Mean change

29.0

27.0 to 31.1

 

Function

 

32.4

30.5 to 34.2

 

Maratt et al., 2015 [12]

2 years

Pain

ROC

31.3

  

Function

 

26.9

  

Stiffness

 

25.0

  

OKS

Clement et al., 2014 [18]

1 year

Pain

Regression analysis

5.0

4.4 to 5.5

 

Function

 

4.3

3.8 to 4.8

 

Kiran et al., 2014 [19]

6 months

Overall

0.5 SD

4.9

  

Kiran et al., 2015 [27]

2 years

Overall

0.5 SD

4.7 at 1 year and 5.0 at 2 years

  

Beard et al., 2015 [28]

6 months

Overall

Mean change

9.0

 

4.0

 

Mean difference

5.0

  
 

ROC

7.0

  

Bin Abd Razak et al., 2016 [20]

5 years

Overall

0.5 SD

5.0

  

OKS

Ingelsrud et al., 2018 [29]

1 year

Overall

Mean change

10.0

8.0 to 11.0

 

ROC

9.0

6.0 to 15.0

 

Regression analysis

8.0

6.0 to 9.0

 

KSS

Lee et al., 2017 [21]

2 years

Knee score

Regression analysis

5.9

3.9 to 7.8

 

Function score

 

6.4

4.4 to 8.4

 

Lizaur-Utrilla et al., 2019 [23]

2 years

Knee score

Mean difference

7.2

5.1 to 7.8

 

ROC

8.9

  

0.5 SD

7.2

5.3 to 9.0

 
  

Function score

Mean difference

9.7

7.3 to 10.2

 

ROC

10.3

  

0.5 SD

6.3

5.0 to 8.1

 

SF-36

Quintana et al., 2006 [16]

6 months

Physical functioning

Mean change

10.4

 

20.2

Role physical

 

7.8

 

28.7

Bodily pain

 

12.8

 

42.3

General health

 

0.1

 

27.0

Vitality

 

5.4

 

29.7

Social functioning

 

8.8

 

42.1

Role emotional

 

2.4

 

28.1

Mental health

 

0.8

 

23.9

Escobar et al., 2007 [14]

2 years

Global

Mean change

10.0

  

Physical functioning

 

11.1

5.8 to 16.3

19.5

Role physical

 

13.2

3.5 to 22.8

26.9

Bodily pain

 

6.7

− 0.4 to 13.8

37.9

General health

 

− 7.3

− 11.3 to − 3.3

27.4

Vitality

 

3.4

− 2.2 to 9.1

41.2

Social functioning

 

6.2

− 1.7 to 14.0

28.5

Role emotional

 

2.4

− 9.2 to 14.1

29.8

Mental health

 

4.0

− 1.7 to 9.7

24.2

Keurentjes et al., 2014 [26]

1.5 to 6 years

Physical functioning

0.8 SD

16.7

15.5 to 18

 

Role physical

 

33.4

31.2 to 36

 

Bodily pain

 

16.2

15.1 to 17.5

 

General health

 

15.7

14.7 to 16.9

 

Vitality

 

16.7

15.6 to 18.0

 

Social functioning

 

19.9

18.6 to 21.5

 

Role emotional

 

33.3

31.3 to 36.2

 

Mental health

 

14.1

13.2 to 15.2

 

Bin Abd Razak et al., 2016 [20]

5 years

PCS

0.5 SD

10.0

  

SF-12

Clement et al., 2014 [18]

1 year

PCS

Regression analysis

4.5 (Pain relief)

3.9 to 5.2

 

4.8 (Function)

4.2 to 5.4

 

Berliner, et al., 2017 [22]

1 year

PCS

0.5 SD

5.0

  

Blevins et al., 2019 [24]

2 years

PCS

0.5 SD

5.0

  

MCS

 

5.4

  

Clement et al., 2019 [25]

1 year

PCS

Mean difference

1.8

  

ROC

2.7

  

MCS

Mean difference

1.5

  

ROC

−1.4

  

Clement et al., 2014 [18]

1 year

PCS

Regression analysis

4.5 (Pain relief)

3.9 to 5.2

 

Berliner, et al., 2017 [22]

   

4.8 (Function)

4.2 to 5.4

 
 

1 year

PCS

0.5 SD

5.0

  

Blevins et al., 2019 [24]

2 years

PCS

0.5 SD

5.0

  

MCS

 

5.4

  

Clement et al., 2014 [18]

1 year

PCS

Regression analysis

4.5 (Pain relief)

3.9 to 5.2

 

Berliner, et al., 2017 [22]

1 year

PCS

0.5 SD

4.8 (Function)

4.2 to 5.4

 
  1. MCID minimal clinically important difference, TKA total knee arthroplasty, PROM patient-reported outcome measures, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster University Arthritis Index, WOMAC* Western Ontario and McMaster University Arthritis Index reversed scoring system, OKS Oxford Knee Score, KSS Knee Society Score, SF-36 36-item Short Form survey, SF-12 12-item Short Form Survey, ROC receiver operator characteristics, 0.5 SD half of a standard deviation, 0.8 SD four fifths of a standard deviation