PMID- 38290908 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240319 LR - 20240319 IS - 1879-0267 (Electronic) IS - 0020-1383 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 4 DP - 2024 Apr TI - The MCID of the PROMIS physical function instrument for operatively treated tibial plateau fractures. PG - 111375 LID - S0020-1383(24)00062-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111375 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Understanding minimal clinically important differences (MCID) in patient reported outcome measurement are important in improving patient care. The purpose of this study was to determine the MCID of Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement System (PROMIS) Physical Function (PF) domain for patients who underwent operative fixation of a tibial plateau fracture. METHODS: All patients with tibial plateau fractures that underwent operative fixation at a single level 1 trauma center were identified by Current Procedural Terminology codes. Patients without PROMIS PF scores or an anchor question at two-time points postoperatively were excluded. Anchor-based and distribution-based MCIDs were calculated. RESULTS: The MCID for PROMIS PF scores was 4.85 in the distribution-based method and 3.93 (SD 14.01) in the anchor-based method. There was significantly more improvement in the score from the first postoperative score (<7 weeks) to the second postoperative time (<78 weeks) in the improvement group 10.95 (SD 9.95) compared to the no improvement group 7.02 (SD 9.87) in the anchor-based method (P < 0.001). The percentage of patients achieving MCID at 7 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year were 37-42 %, 57-62 %, 80-84 %, and 95-87 %, respectively. DISCUSSION: This study identified MCID values for PROMIS PF scores in the tibial plateau fracture population. Both MCID scores were similar, resulting in a reliable value for future studies and clinical decision-making. An MCID of 3.93 to 4.85 can be used as a clinical and investigative standard for patients with operative tibial plateau fractures. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Thorne, Tyler J AU - Thorne TJ AD - University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. FAU - Cizik, Amy M AU - Cizik AM AD - University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. FAU - Kellam, Patrick J AU - Kellam PJ AD - University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. FAU - Rothberg, David L AU - Rothberg DL AD - University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. FAU - Higgins, Thomas F AU - Higgins TF AD - University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. FAU - Dekeyser, Graham J AU - Dekeyser GJ AD - University of Washington, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. FAU - Haller, Justin M AU - Haller JM AD - University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Electronic address: justin.haller@hsc.utah.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240122 PL - Netherlands TA - Injury JT - Injury JID - 0226040 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Tibial Plateau Fractures MH - Patient Reported Outcome Measures MH - Minimal Clinically Important Difference MH - *Tibial Fractures/surgery MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Retrospective Studies OTO - NOTNLM OT - Functional outcome OT - MCID OT - PROMIS OT - Physical function OT - Psychometric analysis OT - Tibial plateau fracture COIS- Declaration of competing interest Project as a whole: This investigation was supported by the University of Utah Study Design and Biostatistics Center, with funding in part from the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through grant UL1TR002538 (formerly 5UL1TR001067- 05, 8UL1TR000105, and UL1RR025764). Tyler Thorne: No funding disclosures or conflicts of interest relevant to the current study. Amy Cizik: receives Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers through NIAMS 1 L30 AR077934-01. She has no other funding discolusres or conflicts of interest relevant to the current study. Patrick Kellam: No funding disclosures or conflicts of interest relevant to the current study. David Rothberg: No funding disclosures or conflicts of interest relevant to the current study. Thomas Higgins: is a paid consultant for DePuy Synthes, Osteocentric, and Globus Medical. He has stock or stock options in Imagen, NT nPhase, Orthogrid, and Osteocentric. He receives IP royalties from DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company. He is a board or committee member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association. Graham Dekeyser: No funding disclosures or conflicts of interest relevant to the current study. Justin Haller: is a paid consultant for NewClip Technics, Osteocentric, and Stryker. He is a board/committee member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, and Western Orthopedic Association. EDAT- 2024/01/31 00:42 MHDA- 2024/03/19 06:43 CRDT- 2024/01/30 22:00 PHST- 2023/12/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/19 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/31 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/30 22:00 [entrez] AID - S0020-1383(24)00062-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111375 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Injury. 2024 Apr;55(4):111375. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111375. Epub 2024 Jan 22.