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For the PI, the anchor question queried pain (i.e., Compared to your FIRST EVALUATION at the University Orthopaedic Center: how would you describe your episodes of PAIN now?) rather than physical function, and patients reporting pain which was worse, much worse, improved, or much improved since their first clinic visit were included in the responsiveness analyses.
In this study, this question is used as an anchor question for estimating minimal important difference of CMYMOP scorings.
Second, our patient perceived change question (anchor question) focused on global rating and thus ignored changes in specific CMYMOP items.
But most importantly, the correlation between the change scores and anchor question (GPE question) were only moderate (R = 0.43-0.47).
In other words, our anchor question assumed all CMYMOP items to improve or deteriorate in the same directions, and the validity of this assumption requires further evaluation.
The purpose of a patient-reported anchor question is to "anchor" the changes observed in the PRWE score to patients' perspectives of what is clinically important [ 13].
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At the time of their clinic visits and prior to seeing a physician, patients were administered anchor questions and PROs electronically on a handheld tablet computer.
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