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Table 5 Responsiveness indices (Effect Size (ES), Standardized Response Mean (SRM) and Responsiveness Index (RI)), for change from baseline to 1 year after hip joint replacement surgery, according to perceived global change.

From: Psychometric properties of the Brief Pain Inventory among patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total hip replacement surgery

 

Improved (n = 133)

Unchanged or worsened (n = 28)

 

ES

SRM

RI

ES

SRM

RI

Brief Pain Inventory

      

Pain severity index1

1.70

1.71

2.17

1.00

1.36

1.39

Function interference index2

1.80

1.56

2.16

1.27

1.40

1.56

WOMAC 3

      

Pain

-2.98

-2.82

-3.01

-1.61

-1.84

-2.07

Stiffness

-2.46

-1.90

-1.76

-1.56

-1.25

-1.33

Physical function

-2.96

-2.75

-2.53

-1.35

-1.53

-1.50

SF-36 Scale 4

      

Physical functioning

2.36

1.68

2.01

1.35

1.53

1.50

Role-physical

1.50

1.02

1.01

1.26

1.19

1.10

Bodily pain

2.87

1.95

1.80

2.16

1.31

1.17

General health

0.37

0.40

0.43

-0.36

-0.41

-0.42

Vitality

0.85

0.88

1.19

0.46

0.58

0.66

Social functioning

0.93

0.97

0.84

0.40

0.50

0.46

Role-emotional

0.54

0.60

0.40

0.23

0.19

0.18

Mental health

0.51

0.69

0.59

0.01

0.01

0.01

  1. 1 Range 0 - 40 (no pain, pain as bad you can image)
  2. 2 Range 0 - 70 (does not interfere, interferes completely)
  3. 3 Range 0 - 10 (no problem, maximum problem)
  4. 4 Range 0 - 100 (poor health status, maximal health status)