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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Dec 11;28(2):335–340. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.07.031

Table III.

Calculated MCIDs for various patient-reported outcome measures

SST score
 ASES score
 VAS pain score
 SANE score
Mean improvement n Mean improvement n Mean improvement n Mean improvement n
Satisfaction with surgery
 Excellent 6.50 ± 3.06 320 52.86 ± 24.45 328 5.76 ± 2.99 329 47.31 ± 35.31 282
 Good or satisfactory 4.25 ± 3.53 104 39.10 ± 26.13 103 4.35 ± 3.33 104 33.13 ± 36.91  99
 Unsatisfactory 0.64 ± 3.15  14  9.62 ± 20.33  15 1.07 ± 3.23  15 –3.92 ± 22.63  12
MCID 3.61 29.49 3.28 37.05

MCID, minimal clinically important difference; SST, Simple Shoulder Test; ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; VAS, visual analog scale; SANE, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation.