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Table 5 Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) estimates

From: Minimal important difference, patient acceptable symptom state and longitudinal validity of oxford elbow score and the quickDASH in patients with tennis elbow

Outcome measure

75th percentile method

ROC method

 

PASS

PASS

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC (95% CI)

OES Pain

75

84

0.68

0.87

0.85 (0.81 to 0.89)

OES Function

88

91

0.72

0.88

0.83 (0.78 to 0.87)

OES Social-Psychological

75

78

0.73

0.88

0.88 (0.84 to 0.91)

OES Total

81

80

0.76

0.86

0.88 (0.84 to 0.91)

QuickDASH

23

19

0.69

0.77

0.80 (0.75 to 0.85)

  1. OES scaled 0 to 100 (higher is better), QuickDASH scaled 0 to 100 (higher is worse)
  2. ROC = receiver operating characteristics, AUC = Area Under the Curve, OES = The Oxford Elbow Score, DASH = Disabilities of Arms, Shoulder and Hand
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

ISSN: 1471-2288

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