PMID- 36603987 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230109 LR - 20230207 IS - 1526-3231 (Electronic) IS - 0749-8063 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Feb TI - Guidelines for Proper Reporting of Clinical Significance, Including Minimal Clinically Important Difference, Patient Acceptable Symptomatic State, Substantial Clinical Benefit, and Maximal Outcome Improvement. PG - 145-150 LID - S0749-8063(22)00512-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.08.020 [doi] AB - Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) need to be responsive, reliable, and validated for the specific condition or treatment. PROMs also need to exhibit a dose-dependent response across a diverse patient population, unlimited by floor and ceiling effects. Statistically significant differences between compared groups might not always represent clinically important differences. Measures of clinical significance reflect a spectrum of patient satisfaction after an intervention. A noticeable difference to the patient is assessed with minimal clinically important difference (MCID), patient satisfaction by patient acceptable symptomatic state (PASS), and a "considerable" improvement by substantial clinical benefit (SCB). Clinical relevance measured by these clinically significant outcomes (CSO) are limited by ceiling effects. Maximal outcome improvement (MOI) might more accurately account for patients with higher baseline or preoperative PROMs, thereby limiting ceiling effects. The acts of measuring (and reporting) patient-centered endpoints may actually be of greater importance than collecting objective clinician-measured data. As the old surgeon's aphorism goes, "nothing ruins good results like good follow-up." CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Harris, Joshua D AU - Harris JD AD - Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, 6445 Main St., Outpatient Center, Suite 2500, Houston, TX, 77030, U.S.A. FAU - Brand, Jefferson C AU - Brand JC AD - Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S.A.. Electronic address: jbrand@heartlandorthopedics.com. FAU - Cote, Mark AU - Cote M AD - UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A. FAU - Waterman, Brian AU - Waterman B AD - Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A. FAU - Dhawan, Aman AU - Dhawan A AD - Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221207 PL - United States TA - Arthroscopy JT - Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association JID - 8506498 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference MH - *Clinical Relevance MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Arthroscopy/methods MH - Patient Satisfaction MH - Patient Reported Outcome Measures EDAT- 2023/01/06 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/10 06:00 CRDT- 2023/01/05 21:03 PHST- 2022/07/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/05 21:03 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/10 06:00 [medline] AID - S0749-8063(22)00512-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.08.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arthroscopy. 2023 Feb;39(2):145-150. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.08.020. Epub 2022 Dec 7.