Table 4 Minimally important differences of the DQOL

Category

Mean

Difference

in mean†

MID§

Category

Mean

Difference

in mean

MID

Category

Mean

Difference

in mean

MID

1–3

39.42

-

2.62

1

44.33

-

4.90

1–3

42.21

-

2.99

3.71

4

36.33

3.12‡

2

36.58

13.24

4

36.36

5.87

5

33.66

2.32‡

3

32.00

5.11‡

5

33.23

2.99‡

6

31.28

2.41‡

4

26.26

4.68‡

6

32.05

1.38

7

24.52

7.54

5

14.38

8.48

7

23.24

8.50

1–3

32.17

-

4.06

1

35.58

-

3.60

1–3

28.82

-

4.52

4.58

4

22.17

10.26

2

22.17

3.59‡

4

22.58

5.70‡

5

19.42

2.88‡

3

19.05

7.94

5

20.30

2.51

6

15.36

4.01‡

4

10.61

3.64‡

6

15.99

4.95‡

7

10.28

5.29‡

5

7.81

13.74

7

12.33

2.91‡

1–3

33.93

-

6.53

1

32.50

-

5.62

1–3

26.74

-

6.97

7.97

4

26.90

7.28‡

2

27.34

4.58‡

4

29.41

-3.26

5

25.46

1.46

3

25.98

14.02

5

23.19

6.66‡

6

19.78

5.79‡

4

10.63

1.89

6

21.93

2.30

7

10.02

10.93

5

9.38

6.67‡

7

12.84

7.27‡

1–3

35.05

-

3.09

1

38.19

-

3.72

1–3

33.25

-

4.13

3.02

4

28.02

7.22

2

28.18

7.21

4

28.64

4.27‡

5

25.51

2.44‡

3

24.83

7.94

5

25.40

3.37‡

6

21.78

3.73‡

4

16.20

3.72‡

6

22.72

3.23‡

7

15.32

7.03

5

10.42

10.68

7

16.31

5.63‡