Is it time to define minimally clinically important differences for patient-reported outcome measures used in alcohol brief intervention studies?

Amanda S Newton; Cameron T Wild

doi:10.1111/add.13184

Is it time to define minimally clinically important differences for patient-reported outcome measures used in alcohol brief intervention studies?

Addiction. 2016 Sep;111(9):1528-9. doi: 10.1111/add.13184. Epub 2016 Mar 6.

Authors

Amanda S Newton¹, Cameron T Wild²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [email protected].
² School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 26948288
DOI: 10.1111/add.13184

No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol brief interventions; comparative effectiveness; effect sizes; minimal clinically important difference; patient-reported outcomes.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism
Counseling*
Humans
Patient Reported Outcome Measures*
Treatment Outcome