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Minimal Clinically Important Difference as Applied in Rheumatology: An OMERACT Rasch Working Group Systematic Review and Critique
Beyza Doganay Erdogan, Ying Ying Leung, Christoph Pohl, Alan Tennant and Philip G. Conaghan
The Journal of Rheumatology June 2015, jrheum.141150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141150
Beyza Doganay Erdogan
From the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and UK National Institute for Health Research Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK. PGC is funded in part through a grant from Arthritis Research UK. B. Doganay Erdogan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; A. Tennant, PhD, MD, Scientific Adviser, Swiss Paraplegic Research; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Address correspondence to B. Doganay Erdogan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: beyzadoganay@gmail.com
Ying Ying Leung
From the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and UK National Institute for Health Research Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK. PGC is funded in part through a grant from Arthritis Research UK. B. Doganay Erdogan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; A. Tennant, PhD, MD, Scientific Adviser, Swiss Paraplegic Research; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Address correspondence to B. Doganay Erdogan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: beyzadoganay@gmail.com
Christoph Pohl
From the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and UK National Institute for Health Research Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK. PGC is funded in part through a grant from Arthritis Research UK. B. Doganay Erdogan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; A. Tennant, PhD, MD, Scientific Adviser, Swiss Paraplegic Research; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Address correspondence to B. Doganay Erdogan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: beyzadoganay@gmail.com
Alan Tennant
From the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and UK National Institute for Health Research Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK. PGC is funded in part through a grant from Arthritis Research UK. B. Doganay Erdogan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; A. Tennant, PhD, MD, Scientific Adviser, Swiss Paraplegic Research; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Address correspondence to B. Doganay Erdogan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: beyzadoganay@gmail.com
Philip G. Conaghan
From the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and UK National Institute for Health Research Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK. PGC is funded in part through a grant from Arthritis Research UK. B. Doganay Erdogan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Schlosspark-Klinik, Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University Medicine Berlin; A. Tennant, PhD, MD, Scientific Adviser, Swiss Paraplegic Research; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Address correspondence to B. Doganay Erdogan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: beyzadoganay@gmail.com
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference as Applied in Rheumatology: An OMERACT Rasch Working Group Systematic Review and Critique
Beyza Doganay Erdogan, Ying Ying Leung, Christoph Pohl, Alan Tennant, Philip G. Conaghan
The Journal of Rheumatology Jun 2015, jrheum.141150; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141150