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Interpretation of Changes in Health-related Quality of Life
Medical Care · 2003 · Vol. 41(5) · pp. 582–592
Abstract
In most circumstances, the threshold of discrimination for changes in health-related quality of life for chronic diseases appears to be approximately half a SD.
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealth disparities and outcomesHealth and Wellbeing ResearchConsistency (knowledge bases)Quality of life (healthcare)StatisticsInterpretation (philosophy)Range (aeronautics)Quality (philosophy)PsychologyLimit (mathematics)PopulationMedicine
MeSH terms
Chronic DiseaseData Interpretation, StatisticalHumansLife Change EventsPsychometricsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesTreatment OutcomeSickness Impact ProfileSelf Efficacy
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