PMID- 36972902 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230628 LR - 20230628 IS - 1878-8769 (Electronic) IS - 1878-8750 (Linking) VI - 175 DP - 2023 Jul TI - Establishing Minimum Clinically Important Difference Thresholds for Physical Function and Pain in Patients Undergoing Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. PG - e352-e360 LID - S1878-8750(23)00408-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.03.087 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To establish minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for the physical function patient-reported outcome measures, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function (PROMIS-PF), 12-Item Short Form (SF-12) physical component score (PCS), Veterans RAND 12 (VR-12) PCS, and pain patient-reported outcome measures visual analog scale (VAS) back and VAS leg through anchor- and distribution-based calculations. METHODS: Patients undergoing ALIF with preoperative and 6-month Oswestry Disability Index were included. Using Oswestry Disability Index as the anchor, anchor-based calculation methods were the average change, minimum detectable change, and receiver operating characteristic curve methods. Distribution-based methods were the standard error of measurement, reliable change index, effect size, and half of the standard deviation (0.5DeltaSD). RESULTS: Fifty-one patients were identified. Anchor-based methods ranged from 2.9 to 11.5 for PROMIS-PF, 8.2-13.6 for SF-12 PCS, 7.8-16.8 for VR-12 PCS, 0.5-3.9 for VAS back, and 1.0-3.4 for VAS leg. The area under curve ranged from 0.59 (VAS back) to 0.78 (VR-12 PCS). Distribution-based methods ranged from 1.0 to 4.2 for PROMIS-PF, 1.8-12.2 for SF-12 PCS, 1.9-6.2 for VR-12 PCS, 0.4-1.6 for VAS back, and 0.5-1.7 for VAS leg. CONCLUSIONS: The MCID values greatly relied on the calculation method. The minimum detectable change method was selected as the most appropriate MCID calculation method. The MCID values that may be utilized for ALIF patients are 7.3 for PROMIS-PF, 8.2 for SF-12 PCS, 7.8 for VR-12 PCS, 3.2 for VAS back, and 2.2 for VAS leg. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Nie, James W AU - Nie JW AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Hartman, Timothy J AU - Hartman TJ AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Zheng, Eileen AU - Zheng E AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Oyetayo, Omolabake O AU - Oyetayo OO AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - MacGregor, Keith R AU - MacGregor KR AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Federico, Vincent P AU - Federico VP AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Massel, Dustin H AU - Massel DH AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Sayari, Arash J AU - Sayari AJ AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Singh, Kern AU - Singh K AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: kern.singh@rushortho.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230325 PL - United States TA - World Neurosurg JT - World neurosurgery JID - 101528275 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Treatment Outcome MH - *Spinal Fusion/methods MH - Pain MH - Lumbosacral Region/surgery MH - Pain Measurement/methods MH - Lumbar Vertebrae/surgery OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anterior lumbar interbody fusion OT - MCID OT - Minimum clinically important difference OT - Patient-reported outcome measures EDAT- 2023/03/28 06:00 MHDA- 2023/06/28 06:42 CRDT- 2023/03/27 20:26 PHST- 2023/01/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/28 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/27 20:26 [entrez] AID - S1878-8750(23)00408-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.03.087 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul;175:e352-e360. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.03.087. Epub 2023 Mar 25.