Exploration of the methods of establishing the minimum clinical important difference based on anchor and its application in the quality of life measurement scale QLICP-ES (V2.0) for esophageal cancer

Table 3 The MCID of QLICP-ES (V2.0) determined by ROC curves (n_A = 157, n_B = 220)

Domain	Standard A AUC	Standard B AUC	Standard A MCID	Standard B MCID
Physical domain (PHD)	0.82	0.86	7.8	7.8
Psychological domain (PSD)	0.41	0.41	9.7	5.6
Social domain (SOD)	0.69	0.72	4.7	4.7
Common symptoms and side effect domain (SSD)	0.71	0.73	3.6	3.6
Core/general module (CGM)	0.79	0.83	4.3	4.3
Specific domain (SPD)	0.76	0.78	2.3	7.0
Total (TOT)	0.81	0.83	2.9	2.9

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