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Table 2 Correlations between the change in the anchor question and outcomes

From: Minimal important difference and patient acceptable symptom state for common outcome instruments in patients with a closed humeral shaft fracture - analysis of the FISH randomised clinical trial data

Correlation between

DASH

Pain at rest

Pain on activities

Constant-Murley score

Postscore

0.04

(-0.05 to 0.14)

0.04

(-0.06 to 0.14)

0.06

(-0.04 to 0.15)

-0.01

(-0.10 to 0.09)

Change of the outcome

0.51

(0.44 to 0.59)

0.15

(0.06 to 0.25)

0.36

(0.26 to 0.47)

-0.40

(-0.50 to -0.31)

Prescore

-0.27

(-0.36 to -0.18)

-0.09

(-0.19 to 0.01)

-0.23

(-0.32 to -0.14)

0.20

(0.11 to 0.30)

  1. Values are Spearman’s rho with 95% CIs
  2. DASH Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score