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Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Jan 16;45(5):399–407.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.12.002

Table 4 –

Anchor-based MCID Calculation Summary.

Instrument	Baseline Score: Mean (SD)		Follow-Up Score: Mean (SD)		Change in Scores: Mean (SD)		MCID Value	p-value
Instrument	Slight Improvement Group	No Change Group	Slight Improvement Group	No Change Group	Slight Improvement Group	No Change Group	MCID Value	p-value
PROMIS UE CAT	32.22 (9.6)	35.78 (10.14)	33.99 (8.46)	35.44 (10.55)	1.77 (8.07)	−0.34 (7.67)	2.1	< 0.05
PROMIS PF CAT	42.30 (10.67)	44.06 (10.07)	45.29 (9.98)	45.38 (10.55)	2.98 (9.18)	1.32 (7.66)	1.7	< 0.05
qDASH	50.40 (22.79)	43.70 (22.4)	39.84 (21.87)	39.97 (23.51)	−10.56 (20.92)	−3.73 (18.38)	6.8	< 0.05
PROMIS PI CAT	60.81 (7.04)	57.31 (8.73)	57.90 (7.14)	54.61 (10.06)	−2.90 (6.8)	−2.70 (7.57)	N/A (−0.2)	0.74

SD - standard deviation

p-values per Student’s t-test comparing change in scores between ‘no change’ and ‘slight change’ groups