The minimal clinically important difference in the Oxford knee score and Short Form 12 score after total knee arthroplasty
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- 20 November 2013
- journal article
- knee
- Published by Wiley in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
- Vol. 22 (8), 1933-1939
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-013-2776-5
Abstract
Purpose The aim of this study was to identify the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in the Oxford knee score (OKS) and Short Form (SF-) 12 score after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods Prospective pre-operative and 1 year post-operative OKS and SF-12 scores for 505 patients undergoing a primary TKA for osteoarthritis were collected during a one-year period. Patient satisfaction with their (1) patient relief and (2) functional outcome was used as the anchor questions. Their response to each question was recorded using a 5-point Likert scale: excellent, very well, well, fair, and poor. Simple linear regression was used to calculate the MCID for improvement in the OKS and physical component of the SF-12 score according to the level of patient satisfaction with their pain relief and function. Results The OKS improved by 15.5 (95 % CI 14.7–16.4) points and the SF-12 physical component score improved by 10.1 (95 % CI 9.1–11.2) points for the study cohort. The level of patient satisfaction with their pain relief and function correlated with the improvement in the OKS (r = 0.56; p < 0.001, and r = 0.56; p < 0.001) and the physical component of the SF-12 score (r = 0.51; p < 0.001, and r = 0.60; p < 0.001), respectively. The MCID for the OKS was 5.0 (95 % CI 4.4–5.5) and 4.3 (95 % CI 3.8–4.8) points and for the physical component of the SF-12, it was 4.5 (95 % CI 3.9–5.2) and 4.8 (95 % CI 4.2–5.4) points for pain relief and function, respectively. Conclusion The MCID identified for the OKS and SF-12 physical component score after TKA is the best available estimate and can be used to power studies and ensure that a statistical difference is also recognised by a patient. Level of evidence Retrospective diagnostic study, Level III.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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