PMID- 37288517
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231023
LR  - 20231026
IS  - 2043-6289 (Electronic)
IS  - 0266-7681 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023 Oct
TI  - Minimal clinically important difference of the Michigan Hand Outcomes 
      Questionnaire score and the pain visual analogue scale in conservative treatment 
      of trigger finger.
PG  - 863-871
LID - 10.1177/17531934231176663 [doi]
AB  - We investigated the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the 
      Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) and the pain visual analogue scale 
      (VAS-pain) after conservative treatment of trigger finger. This secondary 
      analysis of a randomized controlled trial compared pain reduction, symptoms and 
      functional improvement at 12 weeks. Patients included were at least 18 years old 
      and able to complete MHQ and VAS-pain at enrolment and 12 weeks after treatment. 
      The MCIDs of MHQ and VAS-pain were evaluated using a distribution-based, 
      anchor-based and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve-based approach. Of 
      the 117 patients, the MCIDs of MHQ and VAS-pain using a distribution-based 
      approach were 5.3 and 0.6, respectively; applying ROC method were 23.5 and 2.5, 
      respectively; and using anchor questions were 15 and 2, respectively. These MCID 
      values by anchor-based method with a minimal difference of 15 for MHQ and 2 for 
      VAS-pain are recommended as primary evidence to determine clinically significant 
      improvement after conservative treatment of trigger finger.Level of evidence: I.
FAU - Atthakomol, Pichitchai
AU  - Atthakomol P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9737-4110
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang 
      Mai, Thailand.
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statistic Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang 
      Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
FAU - Tongsu, Rerkchai
AU  - Tongsu R
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang 
      Mai, Thailand.
FAU - Ngamsuprom, Khunawuth
AU  - Ngamsuprom K
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang 
      Mai, Thailand.
FAU - Wangtrakunchai, Vorathep
AU  - Wangtrakunchai V
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang 
      Mai, Thailand.
FAU - Phinyo, Phichayut
AU  - Phinyo P
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statistic Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang 
      Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang 
      Mai, Thailand.
FAU - Manosroi, Worapaka
AU  - Manosroi W
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statistic Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang 
      Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
AD  - Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20230608
PL  - England
TA  - J Hand Surg Eur Vol
JT  - The Journal of hand surgery, European volume
JID - 101315820
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference
MH  - Conservative Treatment
MH  - *Trigger Finger Disorder
MH  - Visual Analog Scale
MH  - Michigan
MH  - Pain
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Treatment Outcome
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Michigan hand outcomes questionnaire
OT  - Minimal clinically important difference
OT  - conservative treatment
OT  - pain visual analogue scale
OT  - trigger finger
COIS- Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declare no potential conflicts of 
      interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this 
      article.
EDAT- 2023/06/08 06:42
MHDA- 2023/10/23 00:42
CRDT- 2023/06/08 04:39
PHST- 2023/10/23 00:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/08 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/08 04:39 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/17531934231176663 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2023 Oct;48(9):863-871. doi: 10.1177/17531934231176663. Epub 
      2023 Jun 8.