Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the Functional Gait Assessment in Older Adults

The minimal clinically important difference of six-minute walk in Asian older adults

BACKGROUND Rehabilitation interventions promote functional recovery among frail older adults and little is known about the clinical significance of physical outcome measure changes. The purpose of our study is to examine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) among frail Asian older adults. METHODS Data from the "Evaluation of the Frails' Fall...

The 4-metre gait speed in COPD: responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference.

Usual gait speed is a consistent predictor of adverse outcomes in community-dwelling elderly people. The reliability and validity of the 4-m gait speed (4MGS) has recently been demonstrated in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aims of this study were to assess the responsiveness of the 4MGS and to estimate the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). In 301 ...

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Minimal clinically important difference: defining what really matters to patients.

When assessing the clinical utility of therapies intended to improve subjective outcomes, the amount of improvement that is important to patients must be determined.1 The smallest benefit of value to patients is called the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). The MCID is a patient-centered concept, capturing both the magnitude of the improvement and also the value patients place on t...

Minimal clinically important difference module: summary, recommendations, and research agenda.