ArticleThe European respiratory journal2011
How important is a minimal difference?
Article in The European respiratory journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Determining the minimum important differences for field walking tests in adults with long-term conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Demystifying the Value of Minimal Clinically Important Difference in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Context.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Severe and Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Controlled Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Minimal important difference of change in patient-specific goals in severe emphysema patients.ERJ open research · 2020Article
- Health-related quality of life associated with systemic corticosteroids.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Article
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- Unravelling the mystery of the 'minimum important difference' using practical outcome measures in chronic respiratory disease.Chronic respiratory diseaseArticle
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