Improving clinical applications of quality of life scores in epidermolysis bullosa: defining clinically significant outcomes in the QOLEB questionnaire
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Objective The Quality of Life in Epidermolysis Bullosa (QOLEB) score is an Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) specific quality of life (QoL) measurement tool. It is a statistically valid and reliable questionnaire which has benefits over generic QoL tools in QoL evaluation in EB. It also has important implications in the evaluation of the clinical efficacy of new interventions in EB. The utility of this score would be increased if the clinical relevance of individual scores and changes in QOLEB scores could be further understood.
Methods In order to achieve this, the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) was calculated using both anchor-based and distribution-based techniques. Banding techniques were also applied to the QOLEB questionnaire in order to stratify scores into “very mild”, “mild”, “moderate”, “severe” and “very severe” categories.
Results Using these methodologies, the MCID for the QOLEB score was calculated at a 6 point change in QOLEB scores, and the QOLEB bands were calculated as: 0-4 points for ‘very mild’, 5-9 points for ‘mild’, 10-19 points for ‘moderate’, 20-34 points for ‘severe’ and 35-51 points for ‘very severe’ impact on QoL.
Conclusions Calculating the MCID and clinical bands for the QOLEB questionnaire increases the breadth of clinical applications for the QOLEB questionnaire. It now has direct utility in determining the clinical significance of interventions in EB by evaluating changes in QOLEB scores and how they correlate to the MCID and clinical bands.
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Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Klinik Tıp Bilimleri
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
John Frew
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0000-0001-5042-3632
Australia
Dedee F. Murrell
Bu kişi benim
0000-0003-2971-0199
Australia
Yayımlanma Tarihi
29 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
30 Temmuz 2019
Kabul Tarihi
10 Eylül 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 3
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