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ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2023

MCID and PASS in Knee Surgeries. Theoretical Aspects and Clinical Relevance References.

Ahmed Mabrouk, Benedict Nwachukwu, Ayoosh Pareek, Jon Karlsson, Caroline Mouton, Matthieu Ollivier, R Kyle Martin

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Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ahmed MabroukDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK. ahmed.mabrouk3@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-3176
Benedict NwachukwuSports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Ayoosh PareekSports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Jon KarlssonOrthopaedic Research Department, Göteborg University, Göteborg, SE, Sweden.
Caroline MoutonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg - Clinique d'Eich, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Matthieu OllivierAix-Marseille University, APHM, CNRS, ISM, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, Institute for Locomotion, Marseille, France.
R Kyle MartinDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The application and interpretation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), following knee injuries, pathologies, and interventions, can be challenging. In recent years, the literature has been enriched with metrics to facilitate our understanding and interpretation of these outcome measures. Two commonly utilized tools include the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and the patient acceptable symptoms state (PASS). These measures have demonstrated clinical value, however, they have often been under- or mis-reported. It is paramount to use them to understand the clinical significance of any statistically significant results. Still, it remains important to know their caveats and limitations. In this focused report on MCID and PASS, their definitions, methods of calculations, clinical relevance, interpretations, and limitations are reviewed and presented in a simple approach.

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Minimal Clinically Important DifferenceOrthopedic ProceduresClinical RelevanceHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient Reported Outcome MeasuresTreatment OutcomeMinimal clinically important difference (MCID)Patient acceptable symptom state (PASS)Patient reported outcome measures (PROM)

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PMID36897384

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