Comparison of the responsiveness of the Foot Health Status Questionnaire and the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index in older people

Table 3 Responsiveness of the outcome measure subscales

	Pairedt-test		Cohen'sd		SRM		GI
	t	p	Value	Interpretation	Value	Interpretation	Value	Interpretation
FHSQ
Pain	3.83	<0.001	0.63	Medium	0.50	Medium	1.70	Huge
Function	2.01	0.050	0.37	Small	0.26	Small	1.22	Very large
Footwear	0.89	0.378	0.09	Negligible	0.12	Negligible	0.21	Small
General foot health	2.06	0.044	0.29	Small	0.27	Small	0.68	Medium
MFPDI
Pain	1.61	0.114	0.26	Small	0.21	Small	0.51	Medium
Functional limitation	2.62	0.011	0.46	Medium	0.34	Small	0.41	Medium
Concern about appearance	0.61	0.542	0.09	Negligible	0.08	Negligible	0.06	Negligible

FHSQ: Foot Health Status Questionnaire, MFPDI: Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index, SRM: standardised response mean, GI: Guyatt index.

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