Minimum clinically important improvement and patient acceptable symptom state in pain and function in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic back pain, hand osteoarthritis, and hip and knee osteoarthritis: Results from a prospective multinational study.

F, Tubach; P, Ravaud; E, Martin-Mola; H, Awada; N, Bellamy; C, Bombardier; DT, Felson; N, Hajjaj-Hassouni; M, Hochberg; I, Logeart; M, Matucci-Cerinic; de Laar M, van; der Heijde D, van; M, Dougados

doi:10.1002/acr.21747

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Minimum clinically important improvement and patient acceptable symptom state in pain and function in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic back pain, hand osteoarthritis, and hip and knee osteoarthritis: Results from a prospective multinational study.

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Tubach F

Ravaud P

Martin-Mola E

Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate the minimum clinically important improvement (MCII) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) values for 4 generic outcomes in 5 rheumatic diseases and 7 countries.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a multinational (Australia, France, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Spain, and The...

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