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Baseline health status and setting impacted minimal clinically important differences in COPD: an exploratory study

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 116; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.07.015

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Harma Alma, Corina de Jong, Danijel Jelusic, Michael Wittmann, Michael Schüler, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Robbert Sanderman, Janwillem Kocks, Konrad Schultz, Thys van der Molen,

Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) are used as fixed numbers in the interpretation of clinical trials. Little is known about its dynamics. This study aims to explore the impact of baseline score, study setting, and patient characteristics on health status MCIDs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Baseline and follow-up data on the COPD Assessment Test (CAT), Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ), and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) were retrospectively analyzed from pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and routine clinical practice (RCP). Anchor- and distribution-based MCID estimates were calculated and tested between settings, gender, age, Global initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification, comorbidities, and baseline health status.In total, 658 patients were included with 2,299 change score measurements. MCID estimates for improvement and deterioration ranged for all subgroups 0.50-6.30 (CAT), 0.10-0.84 (CCQ), and 0.33-12.86 (SGRQ). Larger MCID estimates for improvement and smaller ones for deterioration were noted in patients with worse baseline health status, females, elderly, GOLD I/II patients, and patients with less comorbidities. Estimates from PR were larger.Baseline health status and setting affected MCID estimates of COPD health status questionnaires. Patterns were observed for gender, age, spirometry classification, and comorbidity levels. These outcomes would advocate the need for tailored MCIDs.