PMID- 19535272
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100203
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 1532-6500 (Electronic)
IS  - 1058-2746 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Nov-Dec
TI  - Minimal clinically important differences (MCID) and patient acceptable 
      symptomatic state (PASS) for visual analog scales (VAS) measuring pain in 
      patients treated for rotator cuff disease.
PG  - 927-32
LID - 10.1016/j.jse.2009.03.021 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The MCID is the smallest difference in an outcome score which a 
      patient perceives as beneficial. The PASS is the score below which patients 
      consider themselves well. The purpose of this study was to determine the MCID and 
      PASS for a visual analog scale (VAS) measuring pain in patients treated for 
      rotator cuff disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 81 patients with rotator cuff disease 
      were evaluated after 6 weeks of non-operative treatment with a VAS measuring pain 
      and two transition questions utilized in determining the MCID and PASS. RESULTS: 
      The MCID and PASS were estimated to be 1.4 cm (P = .0255) and 3 cm (95% CI - 
      22.69, 37.31) on a 10 cm VAS measuring pain, respectively. Age (P = .0492) and 
      hand-dominance (P = .0325) affected the MCID while age (P = .0376) and duration 
      of follow-up (P = .0131) affected the PASS. DISCUSSION: The MCID and PASS 
      estimates provide the basis to determine if statistically significant changes in 
      VAS pain scores after treatment are clinically important and if the treatment 
      allowed patients to achieve a satisfactory state. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3; 
      Nonconsecutive series of patients, diagnostic study.
FAU - Tashjian, Robert Z
AU  - Tashjian RZ
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake 
      City, UT 84108, USA. Robert.Tashjian@hsc.utah.edu
FAU - Deloach, Julia
AU  - Deloach J
FAU - Porucznik, Christina A
AU  - Porucznik CA
FAU - Powell, Amy P
AU  - Powell AP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20090616
PL  - United States
TA  - J Shoulder Elbow Surg
JT  - Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery
JID - 9206499
SB  - IM
CIN - Acta Orthop. 2016 Jun;87(3):274-9. PMID: 27212102
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Muscular Diseases/*therapy
MH  - *Pain Measurement
MH  - *Patient Satisfaction
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Rotator Cuff
MH  - Shoulder Pain/*diagnosis
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2009/06/19 09:00
MHDA- 2010/02/04 06:00
CRDT- 2009/06/19 09:00
PHST- 2008/12/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/03/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/03/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/06/19 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/06/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/02/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1058-2746(09)00199-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jse.2009.03.021 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2009 Nov-Dec;18(6):927-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.03.021. 
      Epub 2009 Jun 16.