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Table 5 PASS estimates from 75th percentile method and ROC analysis

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

Outcome

75th percentile method

ROC method

PASS

PASS

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC (95% CI)

DASHa

10

14

0.87

0.87

0.94 (0.92 to 0.95)

Pain on activitiesb

2.0

2.5

0.87

0.78

0.89 (0.86 to 0.91)

Constant-Murley scorec

74

68

0.85

0.83

0.90 (0.88 to 0.93)

  1. aDisabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score from 0 to 100 (0 = optimal outcome)
  2. bPain score is 11-point Numerical Rating Scales with score from 0 to 10 (0 = optimal outcome)
  3. cConstant-Murley score from 0 to 100 (100 = optimal outcome)
  4. PASS Patient acceptable symptom state
  5. ROC Receiver operating characteristic
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

ISSN: 1471-2288

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