Zeman, Florian and Koller, Michael and Figueiredo, Ricardo and Aazevedo, Andreia and Rates, Marcello and Coelho, Claudia and Kleinjung, Tobias and de Ridder, Dirk and Langguth, Berthold and Landgrebe, Michael (2011) Tinnitus Handicap Inventory for Evaluating Treatment Effects: Which Changes Are Clinically Relevant? OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, 145 (2). pp. 282-287. ISSN 0194-5998,
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Objective. To determine the minimum change of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) score that could be considered clinically relevant, the authors compared the absolute change of the THI with the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) score. Study Design. International studies register with standardized data collection. Setting. Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI). Subjects and Methods. Two hundred ten patients of the TRI database were eligible for this study. In the first analysis, the THI score change and CGI-I ratings were compared with equipercentile linking. In a second analysis, the authors categorized the CGI-I into the 4 groups much better or better, minimally better, no change, and worse and calculated the corresponding differences of the THI score and the effect sizes. An effect size separating the minimally better and the no-change groups was chosen, and the referring THI mean score difference was calculated. Results. According to the linking method, a CGI-I value of 3 (minimally better) corresponded to a THI score reduction of 6 to 16, whereas the CGI-I value of 4 (no change) corresponded to the range between improvement by 5 points and worsening by 4 points. For separating the no-change and minimally better groups, an effect size d = 0.5 was determined, resulting in a minimal clinically relevant difference of Delta THI = 7. Conclusion. Two different methods yielded comparable results in identifying a reduction in the THI score of 6 and 7 points, respectively, as the minimal clinically relevant change. This study provides a first orientation for sample size calculations and for planning the design of future studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | QUALITY-OF-LIFE; ASSOCIATION; ADAPTATION; SEVERITY; VALIDITY; STANDARD; SCORES; PANSS; tinnitus; Tinnitus Handicap Inventory |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2020 08:34 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2020 08:34 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20441 |
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