Patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives on item importance, scoring, and clinically meaningful differences for the Endometriosis Symptom Diary (ESD) and Endometriosis Impact Scale (EIS)

Table 4 Relative importance of EIS concepts reported by patients and clinicians

Item/domain	Number of patient (N = 24^a) ranking item/domain at each value, where 1 is the most important and 4 is the least important				Patient median (ranked 1–4)	Clinician mean (constant sum 0–100)
Item/domain	1	2	3	4	Patient median (ranked 1–4)	Clinician mean (constant sum 0–100)
Negative impact on your emotional well-being	11	5	6	2	2	27.5
Limitation in your physical activities	10	6	6	2	2	35
Other limitations	3	9	6	6	2.5	22.5
Limitation in your sexual activities	5	3	4	10	3	15

^aN = 24, as one patient had trouble understanding and thus was unable to provide meaningful responses
EIS = Endometriosis Impact Scale

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