Sensitivity to change: comparison between scoring methods
| Method | Sensitivity to change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [19]6-150 | [26] | [39] | [43] | [48] | [49] | [28] | ||||||||
| Sharp (1971) | ||||||||||||||
| Sharp (1985) | SRM6-150=0.72 | MDC6-150=2.3% | SRM ratio=1.44 | |||||||||||
| v d Heijde/Sharp (1989) | SDD6-150=7 to 24 | MDC=2.3% | SRM ratio=1.70 | SRM=0.81–1.06 | ||||||||||
| Larsen (1977) | MDC=6.6%–9.6% | SRM=0.80 | MDC=3.2% | SRM ratio=1 | ||||||||||
| (as reference) | ||||||||||||||
| Larsen (1995) | SRM=0.88 | ES6-150=0.34 | ||||||||||||
| Rau/Larsen (1995) | SRM ratio=1.25 | |||||||||||||
| Ratingen (1998) | MDC=3.3%–4.6% | MDC=3.3% | ||||||||||||
| SENS (1999) | SDD=4 to 6 | SRM ratio=0.66 | ||||||||||||
| Kellgren | SRM=0.82–1.12 | |||||||||||||
| SES (2000) | ES=0.38 | |||||||||||||
↵6-150 SRM = standardised response mean; MDC = minimal detectable change; SDD = smallest detectable difference; ES = effect size; [ ] = study reference.