PMID- 38111720
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231220
IS  - 2169-7574 (Print)
IS  - 2169-7574 (Electronic)
IS  - 2169-7574 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 12
DP  - 2023 Dec
TI  - An Evaluation of Patient-reported Outcome Measures and Minimal Clinically 
      Important Difference Usage in Hand Surgery.
PG  - e5490
LID - 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005490 [doi]
LID - e5490
AB  - BACKGROUND: This study was designed to examine the current use of 
      patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and minimal clinically important 
      difference (MCID) calculations in the hand surgery literature in an effort to 
      standardize their use for research purposes. METHODS: A systematic review of the 
      hand surgery literature was conducted. All nonshoulder upper extremity articles 
      utilizing PROMs were compared between different journals, different surgical 
      indications, and differing usage. MCID values were reported, and calculation 
      methods assessed. RESULTS: In total, 4677 articles were reviewed, and 410 met the 
      inclusion criteria of containing at least one PROM. Of the 410 articles reporting 
      PROMs, 148 also mentioned an associated MCID. Of the articles that mentioned 
      MCIDs, 14 calculated MCID values based on their specific clinical populations, 
      whereas the remainder referenced prior studies. An estimated 35 different PROMs 
      were reported in the study period; 95 different MCID values were referenced from 
      65 unique articles. CONCLUSIONS: There are many different PROMs currently being 
      used in hand surgery clinical reports. The reported MCIDs from their related 
      PROMs are from multiple different sources and calculated by different methods. 
      The lack of standardization in the hand surgery literature makes interpretation 
      of studies utilizing PROMs difficult. There is a need for a standardized method 
      of calculating MCID values and applying these values to established PROMs for 
      nonshoulder upper extremity conditions.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf 
      of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
FAU - Nielsen, Colby
AU  - Nielsen C
AD  - From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of 
      Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz.
FAU - Merrell, Dallin
AU  - Merrell D
AD  - From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of 
      Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz.
FAU - Reichenbach, Rachel
AU  - Reichenbach R
AD  - From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of 
      Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz.
FAU - Mayolo, Patrick
AU  - Mayolo P
AD  - From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of 
      Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz.
FAU - Qubain, Leeann
AU  - Qubain L
AD  - From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of 
      Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz.
FAU - Hustedt, Joshua W
AU  - Hustedt JW
AD  - From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of 
      Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Ariz.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231218
PL  - United States
TA  - Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
JT  - Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open
JID - 101622231
PMC - PMC10727676
COIS- The authors have no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of 
      this article. Disclosure statements are at the end of this article, following the 
      correspondence information.
EDAT- 2023/12/19 06:42
MHDA- 2023/12/19 06:43
PMCR- 2023/12/18
CRDT- 2023/12/19 03:57
PHST- 2023/07/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/10/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/12/19 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/19 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/19 03:57 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005490 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 18;11(12):e5490. doi: 
      10.1097/GOX.0000000000005490. eCollection 2023 Dec.