Beck Depression Inventory - immpact
Beck Depression Inventory - immpact
Beck Depression Inventory - immpact
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Implications for determining a<br />
minimally important difference<br />
in pain outcome studies<br />
Recommendation 3:<br />
– Principle: A minimally important difference is judged<br />
to be ½ standard deviation of the population mean<br />
– Observation: The standard deviation for each category<br />
of depression severity ranges from 8.1 to 10.4<br />
– Specific recommendation based on normative data: A<br />
change of 5 on the BDI is judged to be a minimally<br />
important difference