Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change for Pain and Disability Outcome Measures in Pregnancy-Related Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain

Physical Therapy
R O OgollahN E Foster

Abstract

Pregnancy-related low back pain and pelvic girdle pain (LBP/PGP) are common and negatively impact the lives of many pregnant women. Several patient-based outcome instruments measure treatment effect, but there is no consensus about which measure to use with women who have these pain presentations. The objective was to compare the responsiveness of 3 outcome measures in LBP/PGP: Oswestry Disability Index-version 2.0 (ODI), Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire (PGQ), and 0 to 10 numerical rating scale for pain severity (NRS); and to estimate a minimal important change (MIC) for these measures in pregnancy-related LBP/PGP. This was a methodology study using data from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Women (N = 124) with pregnancy-related LBP/PGP were recruited to a pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating the benefit of adding acupuncture to standard care, of whom 90 completed an 8-week follow-up. Responsiveness was evaluated by examining correlation between change score and the external anchor (6-point global perceived effect scale) and by using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. MIC was estimated using anchor-based methods. All measures showed good responsiveness, with areas under the receiver operating characteris...Continue Reading

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