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Table 1 Included articles with reported fatigue MIDs, n = 41

From: Minimal important differences for fatigue patient reported outcome measures—a systematic review

First author/country

Instrument/scale

Term useda

Baró et al. 2011 [22]

Spain

Perform Questionnaire

Minimally important difference, MID

Bedard et al. 2013a [23]

Canada

ESAS fatigue item

Minimal clinically important difference, MCID

Bedard et al. 2013b [24]

Canada

EORTC QLQ-30—Fatigue Scale

Minimal important difference, MID

Bedard et al. 2014 [25]

Canada

EORTC QLQ-30—Fatigue Scale

Minimal important difference, MID

Bjorner et al. 2007 [26]

USA, MOS-study

VT/SF-36

Minimally important difference, MID

Borghs et al. 2012 [27]

Belgium

QOLIE-3 Energy/fatigue subscale

Minimally important change, MIC

Cella et al. 2002 [28]

USA

FACIT-Fatigue TOI-F

Minimal clinically important difference, CID (MCID in short title)

Cella et al. 2005 [29]

USA

FACT-Fatigue

Minimally important difference, MID

Colangelo et al. 2009 [30]

Canada

Fatigue VAS (0–100)

Minimally important difference, MID

de Kleijn et al. 2011 [31]

Netherlands

FAS

Minimal (clinically) important difference, MCID

George & Pope 2011 [32]

Canada

VAS fatigue (0–100)

Minimal important difference, MID

Goligher et al. 2008 [33]

Canada

MFI, FSS, MAF, CFS, FACIT-F, VT/SF-36, GRS

Minimal important difference, MID

Khanna et al. 2008 [34]

Canada

Fatigue VAS (0–10)

Minimally important difference, MID

Kosinski et al. 2000 [35]

USA

VT/SF-36

Minimally important change, MIC

Kvam et al. 2010 [36]

Norway

EORTC QLQ-C30 Fatigue Subscale

Minimal important difference, MID

Kwok and Pope 2010 [37]

Canada

Fatigue VAS (0–100)

Minimally important difference, MID

Lai et al. 2011 [38]

USA

FACIT-Fatigue subscale

Minimally important difference, MID

Lasch et al. 2009 [39]

USA

SIS Energy/Fatigue and Mental Fatigue subscales

Minimum important difference, MID

Maringwa et al. 2011a [40]

17 countries

EORTC QLQ-C30 Fatigue Subscale

Minimal clinically important difference, MCID

Maringwa et al. 2011b [41]

12 countries

EORTC QLQ-C30 Fatigue Subscale

Minimal important difference, MID

Mathias et al. 2009 [42]

USA and Europe

ITP-PAC

Minimally important difference, MID

Matza et al. 2013 [43]

USA

FAsD

Responder definition

Mills et al. 2012 [44]

UK

NFI-MS

Minimum clinically important difference, MCID

Patrick et al. 2003 [45]

USA

FACT-An fatigue subscale

Minimally important difference, MID

Pouchot et al. 2008 [46]

Canada

MFI, FSS, MAF, CFS, FACIT-F, VT/SF-36, GRS

Minimal clinically important difference, MCID

Purcell et al. 2010 [47]

Australia

MFI subscales

Minimal clinically importantdifference, MCID

Reddy et al. 2007 [48]

USA

FACIT-Fatigue subscale ESAS fatigue item

Clinically important improvement

Rendas-Baum et al. 2010 [49]

Canada

FIS

Minimally important difference, MID

Robinson et al. 2009 [50]

USA

FSS

Minimally important difference, MID

Schwartz et al. 2002 [51]

USA

SCFS, POMS-F, single item

Minimally important clinical difference, MICD

Schünemann et al. 2005 [52]

CRQ/Fatigue subscale

Minimal important difference, MID

Sekhon et al. 2010 [53]

Canada

Fatigue VAS (0–100)

Minimally important difference, MID

Spiegel et al. 2005 [54]

VT/SF-36

Minimally clinically important difference, MCID

Twiss et al. 2010 [55]

8 countries

U-FIS

Responder definition, RD

Ward et al. 2015 [56]

USA

VT/SF-36

Minimal clinically important improvement, MCII

Wells et al. 2007 [57]

USA

Fatigue VAS (0–100)

Minimal clinically important difference, MCID

Wheaton & Pope 2010 [58]

Canada

Fatigue VAS (0–100)

Minimal important difference, MID

Wyrwich et al. 2003 [59]

VT/SF-36 CRQ/Fatigue subscale

Clinically important difference, CID

Wyrwich et al. 2004 [60]

VT/SF-36 CHQ/Fatigue subscale

Clinically important difference, CID

Yost et al. 2011 [61]

USA

PROMIS Fatigue (Fatigue-17, Fatigue-7)

Minimally important difference, MID

Zeng et al. 2012 [62]

7 countries

EORTC QLQ-C30 Fatigue Subscale

Minimal clinically important difference, MCID

  1. aAll expressions in this column are referred to as “MID” in the current study