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There are Considerable Inconsistencies Among Minimum Clinically Important Differences in TKA: A Systematic Review.

David G DeckeyJens T VerheyColtin R B GerhartZachary K ChristopherMark J SpangehlHenry D ClarkeJoshua S Bingham
Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research (2022)
Given their importance to treatment selection and patient safety, authors and journals should report MCID values with greater consistency. We recommend using a 7-point increase as the MCID for the OKS, consistent with the median reported anchor-based value derived from several high-quality studies with large patient groups that used anchor-based approaches for MCID calculation, which we believe are most appropriate for most applications in clinical research. Likewise, we recommend using a 10-point to 15-point increase for the MCID of composite WOMAC, as the median value was 12 (IQR 10 to 17) with no difference between calculation methods. We recommend use of median reported values for WOMAC function and pain subscores: 21 (IQR 15 to 33) and 23 (IQR 13 to 29), respectively.
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