Conflating effect size and minimal clinically important difference. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1029-37

Paul S Myles; Daniel B Myles

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2021.09.018

Conflating effect size and minimal clinically important difference. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1029-37

Br J Anaesth. 2022 Jan;128(1):e1-e2. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.09.018. Epub 2021 Oct 14.

Authors

Paul S Myles¹, Daniel B Myles²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: p.myles@alfred.org.au.
² Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 34656325
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.09.018

No abstract available

Keywords: arthroplasty; effect size; minimal clinically important difference; pain; patient reported outcomes; power calculation; surgery; visual analogue scale.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Minimal Clinically Important Difference*