Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1170-1176 , December 2003

Evaluation of the minimal important difference for the feeling thermometer and the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire in patients with chronic airflow obstruction

  • Holger J Schünemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 905-525-9140; fax: 905-577-0017.
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  • Lauren Griffith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
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  • Roman Jaeschke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
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  • Roger Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Westpark Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, 82 Buttonwood Avenue, Toronto, ON M6M 2J5, Canada
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  • David Stubbing

      Affiliations

    • eDepartment of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
    • Deceased.
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  • Gordon H Guyatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
    • eDepartment of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada

,Accepted 6 December 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00115-X

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1170-1176 , December 2003

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