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Table 8 Responsiveness of measures over time to perceived benefit/harm; baseline to 12 months

From: An empirical evaluation of the SF-12, SF-6D, EQ-5D and Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the hand

 

n

T0

T12

Δ (95% CI)

SRM (95% CI)

ES (95% CI)

MHQ

 Benefit

276

51.15

57.83

6.68 (3.75 to 9.61)

0.26 (-1.74 to 2.27)

1.03 (-0.97 to 3.04)

 No benefit

110

50.86

49.15

-1.71 (-6.21 to 2.79)

-0.07 (-3.18 to 3.05)

1.02 (-2.09 to 4.14

 Harm

6

46.33

46.34

0.01 (-20.65 to 20.67)

0.00 (-11.13 to 11.13)

1.22 (-9.91 to 12.35)

EQ-5D (utility)

 Benefit

276

0.59

0.61

0.06 (0.02 to 0.10)

0.17 (0.14 to 0.19)

0.24 (0.20to 0.26)

 No benefit

110

0.59

0.57

-0.03 (-0.09 to 0.03)

-0.09 (-0.14 to -0.05)

-0.13 (-0.17 to -0.08)

 Harm

6

0.53

0.54

-0.05 (-0.03 to 0.23)

-0.15 (-0.25 to -0.03)

-0.22 (-0.34 to -0.09)

EQ-5D (VAS)

 Benefit

276

69.57

67.92

-1.65 (-3.67 to 0.37)

-0.06 (-2.08 to 1.96)

-0.08 (-2.10 to 1.94)

 No benefit

110

64.89

61.3

-3.59 (- 7.08 to -0.09)

-0.13 (-3.63 to 3.35)

-0.19 (-3.68 to 3.30)

 Harm

6

60.16

57

-3.16 (-19.83 to 13.56)

-0.11 (-16.83 to 16.61)

-0.15 (-16.87 to 18.42)

SF-12 (PCS)

 Benefit

276

34.44

32.93

-1.51 (-2.77 to -0.24)

-0.08 (-1.35 to 1.18)

-0.12 (-1.38 to 1.15)

 No benefit

110

31.79

31

-0.79 (-2.86 to 1.28)

-0.15 (-2.13 to 2.02)

-0.08 (-2.15 to 1.99)

 Harm

6

24.84

36.08

11.24 (-0.27 to 22.75)

0.67 (-10.84 to 12.19)

0.99 (-10.52 to 12.51)

SF-12 (MCS)

 Benefit

276

48.26

47.31

-0.95 (-2.44 to 0.54)

-0.05 (-1.54 to 1.45)

-0.06 (-1.56 to 1.42)

 No benefit

110

48.04

49.44

1.4 (-1.06 to 3.86)

0.08 (-2.38 to 2.54)

0.12 (-2.34 to 2.57)

 Harm

6

32.7

37.74

5.04 (-11.59 to 21.67)

0.21 (-16.42 to 16.84)

0.31 (-16.32 to 16.95)

SF-6D

 Benefit

276

0.64

0.63

-0.01 (-0.03 to 0.01)

-0.04 (-0.06 to -0.02)

-0.06 (-0.07 to -0.04)

 No benefit

110

0.63

0.63

0 (-0.02 to 0.02)

0 (-0.02 to 0.02)

0 (-0.02 to 0.02)

 Harm

6

0.58

0.58

0 (-0.06 to 0.06)

0 (-0.06 to 0.06)

0 (-0.06 to 0.06)