Improved adjusted minimal important change took reliability of transition ratings into account

Objectives: The anchor-based minimal important change (MIC), based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis or predictive modeling, is biased by the proportion of improved patients. The adjusted MIC, published in 2017, adjusts the predictive MIC for this bias but does not take the reliability of the transition ratings (i.e., the...

Minimal Clinically Important Difference Estimates Are Biased by Adjusting for Baseline Severity, Not by Regression to the Mean

Minimal clinically important difference (MCID) estimates are often used to interpret change scores from measurement instruments. Researchers debate how MCID values should be estimated. In a recent paper, Tenan et al1 recommended adjusting for baseline severity in the analysis to avoid biased MCID estimates due to regression to the mean (RTM)....

The anchor-based minimal important change, based on receiver operating characteristic analysis or predictive modeling, may need to be adjusted for the proportion of improved patients

Objectives. Patients have their individual minimal important changes (iMICs) as their personal benchmarks to determine whether a perceived health-related quality of life (HRQOL) change constitutes a (minimally) important change for them. We denote the mean iMIC in a group of patients as the “genuine MIC” (gMIC). The aims of this paper are to...

Validation study of a distress screener

Objectives A 3-item screening instrument called the Distress Screener was developed for early identification of distress among employees on sick leave. The Distress Screener consists of three items obtained from the distress subscale of the four-dimensional symptom questionnaire (4DSQ). This study assessed an optimal cut-off point and validated...

De ontwikkeling van een interventie voor werkhervatting bij veelvoorkomende psychische klachten

Dit artikel beschrijft de ontwikkeling van een interventie gericht op werkhervatting van werknemers met veelvoorkomende psychische klachten. Intervention Mapping is toegepast voor het combineren van theorie en wetenschappelijk bewijs. Daarnaast zijn de doelgroepen betrokken bij de ontwikkeling van de interventie. Werknemers, leidinggevenden en...

Development of a workplace intervention for sick-listed employees with stress-related mental disorders: Intervention mapping as a useful tool

to develop interventions tailored to a specific target group in the field of occupational health. Trial registration. ISRCTN92307123. © 2007 van Oostrom et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Development of a workplace intervention for sick-listed employees with stress-related mental disorders: Intervention Mapping as a useful tool

Background. To date, mental health problems and mental workload have been increasingly related to long-term sick leave and disability. However, there is, as yet, no structured protocol available for the identification and application of an intervention for stress-related mental health problems at the workplace. This paper describes the...