Table 3 The design of anchors for SF-36 (n = 28)

Angst, F.(2001) [13]

Osteoarthritis of the lower extremities

Patient’s rating of change (5-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change (between groups)

2

-

Escobar, A(2005) [14]

Total knee replacement (TKR)

Patient’s rating of change (5-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change (within group)

-

-

Bilbao, A.(2009) [15]

Cataract

Patient’s rating of change (5-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change (within group)

-

-

Coteur, G.(2009) [16]

Active Crohn's disease

①Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI)

②Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ)

Yes

Linear regression

CDAI:3.6

IBDQ:4.1

CDAI:4.1

IBDQ:3.9

Carreon, L.Y.(2010) [17]

Cervical spine fusion

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

Yes

ROC

4.1

-

Merkies, I.S.(2010) [18]

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

No

Mean change (between groups)

8.87

4.13

Xiaoxia Luo(2010) [19]

Cardiac insufficiency

①Health Transition Item of the SF-36②Classification of function capacity of the NYHA

No

Mean change (within group)

HTI: 9.14

NYHA: 11.22

HTI: 9.4

NYHA: 10.28

Ingram, M.(2011) [20]

Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder (TMJMD)

Post-treatment score (cut-off value: 0.5SD)

No

ROC

2.75

1.46

Auffinger, B.M.(2013) [21]

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

No

Mean change (within and between groups)

Within group:7.76

Between groups: 3.01

Within group:5.56

Between groups:5.73

Lauche, R.(2013) [22]

Chronic nonspecific neck pain

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

No

ROC

-

-

Antonescu, I.(2014) [23]

Postoperative recovery

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

No

Linear regression

-

-

Carlson, M.L.(2015) [24]

Vestibular Schwannoma

Patient’s rating of change(5-point Likert scales)

Yes

Linear regression

7.8

6.7

Zhou, F.(2015) [25]

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Health Transition Item of the SF-36(5-point Likert scales)

Yes

Mean change (within and between groups)、ROC

Within group:5.44

Between groups:9.62

ROC4.09

Within group: 3.11

Between groups: 7.14

ROC:3.91

Erez, G.(2016) [26]

Conservatively managed stage 5 chronic kidney disease

Karnofsky(KPS scores)

Yes

Mean change (between groups)

5.7

9.2

Park, K.B.(2017) [27]

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Patient’s rating of change (5-point Likert scales)

No

ROC

10.23

4

Badhiwala, J.H.(2018) [28]

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

Neck Disability Index (NDI)

Yes

ROC

3.93

3.16

Yuksel, S.(2018) [29]

Adult spinal deformity

Patient’s rating of change (15-point Likert scales)

No

Linear regression

7.33

4.37

Brigden, A.(2018) [30]

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in Children and Adolescents

Patient’s rating of change (7-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change (within group)

8.8

-

Kato, S.(2019) [31]

Cervical laminoplasty

Patient’s rating of change or patient satisfaction (7-point Likert scales)

No

ROC

3.9

-

Carton, P(2020) [32]

Arthroscopic Correction of Sports-Related Femoroacetabular Impingement

Patient’s rating of change (5-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change(between groups)、ROC

-

-

Ogura, K.(2020) [33]

Orthopedic oncology

Patient’s rating of change (5-point Likert scales)

Yes

ROC

-

-

Yao, M.(2020) [34]

lumbar disc herniation

Patient’s rating of change (7-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change (between groups)

4.57

3.59

Pintér, D.(2020) [35]

Generalized or segmental dystonia

Patient’s rating of change (7-point Likert scales)

Yes

Mean change、ROC

4.9

6.6

Kawakami, D.(2021) [36]

Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS)

Patient’s rating of change (7-point Likert scales)

No

Mean change (between groups)

6.5

8

Kang, M. (2021) [37]

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

Yes

ROC

7

-

Filan, D.(2021) [38]

Femoral acetabular impingement (FAI)

Patient’s rating of change(5-point Likert scales)

Yes

Mean change (between groups)

17.4

3.7

Fu,V.(2021) [39]

Stroke

Health Transition Item of the SF-36

Yes

Linear regression

3

-

Hara, T.(2022)[40]

Gastrointestinal cancer

SF-36 physical functioning subscale scores (cut-off value: the average score of the general Japanese population)

Yes

ROC

-

-