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Table 9 Relative MCID of 30% improvement after total knee replacementb

From: Patient-reported health outcomes after total hip and knee surgery in a Dutch University Hospital Setting: results of twenty years clinical registry

 

T = 6 months

T = 12 months

WOMAC

82.5% (N = 200)

79% (N = 210)

KSS function scorea

68.1% (N = 213)

68.5% (N = 219)

VAS paina

80.7% (N = 212)

84.9% (N = 205)

  1. aPatients with pre-operative score of 0 points were equaled to 1 point, because it is not possible to establish relative differences from a baseline value 0
  2. bWOMAC: 0% were removed because of ceiling. KSS function: 4.6% were removed because of ceiling. VAS pain 2.9% were removed because of ceiling