We define the minimal important change (MIC) as a threshold for a minimal within-person
change over time above which patients perceive themselves importantly changed. There is a …

Background Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are physical symptoms for
which no adequate medical explanation can be found after proper examination. The …

… publications and in 80 publications measurement instruments were described (See digital
Appendix A for an overview of study characteristics and extracted data and digital appendix B …

… Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between the 4DSQ scales in three samples:
the GP patients of study A, the employees of study B, and a pooled sample of studies C …

In non-clinical (working) populations it is important to differentiate between general distress,
on the one hand, and psychiatric symptoms—depression, anxiety and somatization—on the …

The aim of this study was to validate the Dutch version of the Kessler-10 (K10) as well as an
extended version (EK10) in screening for depressive and anxiety disorders in primary care. …

Objective The Barthel index (BI) is a widely used observer-based instrument to measure
physical function. Our objective is to assess the structural validity, reliability, and interpretability …

OBJECTIVE: Determining “minimally important change” (MIC) facilitates the interpretation of
change scores on multi-item instruments. This article focuses on how MIC values should be …

… (B) Correlations between 2 skewed variables (symptoms B and C) that are correlated
with symptom A and with each other. Across subgroups the correlations vary as a function of …

… The se B S and se B XS are the … − B S , r C − B XS , r B X − B S , r B X − B XS , and r B S −
B XS are the correlations between C and B S , C and B XS , B X and B S , B X and B XS , and B …