Methodological and interpretive concerns about Beemster et al.'s article 'The interpretation of change score of the pain disability index after vocational rehabilitation is baseline dependent': a letter to the editor

Laura Wilma Maria Elisabeth Beckers; Rob Johannes Elise Marie Smeets

doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01555-1

Methodological and interpretive concerns about Beemster et al.'s article 'The interpretation of change score of the pain disability index after vocational rehabilitation is baseline dependent': a letter to the editor

Laura Wilma Maria Elisabeth Beckers^*, Rob Johannes Elise Marie Smeets

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This is a critique of Beemster et al.'s article 'The interpretation of change score of the pain disability index after vocational rehabilitation is baseline dependent' (2018). The methodological issues in question include the choices of anchor to determine the minimal important change, and the intraclass correlation coefficient on which the calculation of the standard error of measurement was based. We believe these undermine the authors' interpretation.

Original language	English
Article number	301
Pages (from-to)	1-2
Number of pages	2
Journal	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01555-1
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2020

Keywords

Chronic musculoskeletal pain
Pain Disability Index
Minimal important change
Standard error of measurement
Smallest detectable change

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Beckers, L. W. M. E., & Smeets, R. J. E. M. (2020). Methodological and interpretive concerns about Beemster et al.'s article 'The interpretation of change score of the pain disability index after vocational rehabilitation is baseline dependent': a letter to the editor. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18(1), 1-2. Article 301. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01555-1

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Methodological and interpretive concerns about Beemster et al.'s article 'The interpretation of change score of the pain disability index after vocational rehabilitation is baseline dependent': a letter to the editor. / Beckers, Laura Wilma Maria Elisabeth; Smeets, Rob Johannes Elise Marie.
In: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol. 18, No. 1, 301, 07.09.2020, p. 1-2.

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