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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2020 Dec 20;39(10):2116–2123. doi: 10.1002/jor.24944

TABLE 3.

MCIDa of SF-36 Global Scores

Method of calculation SF-36 Global Score
#1 #2
Anchor-based method, ROCb
 Improvement 2.7 (AUCc, 0.85) 2.5 (AUC, 0.79)
 Deterioration −1.5 (AUC, 0.81) −0.6 (AUC, 0.83)
Distribution-based method
 Half SDd 4.1 4.4
 SEMe 4.1 4.5
a-

MCID, minimal clinically important difference;

b-

receiver operating characteristic;

c-

AUC, area under the curve;

d-

SD, standard deviation;

e-

SEM, standard error of measurement.