What is the threshold for a clinically relevant effect? The case of major depressive disorders.

Cuijpers, Pim; Turner, Erick H; Koole, Sander L; van Dijke, Annemiek; Smit, Filip

Cuijpers, Pim; Turner, Erick H; Koole, Sander L; van Dijke, Annemiek; Smit, Filip.

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Cuijpers P; Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Leuphana University, Lünebrug, Germany.

Depress Anxiety ; 31(5): 374-8, 2014 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24677535

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Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use; Depressive Disorder, Major/therapy; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care/statistics & numerical data; Psychotherapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major/psychology; Humans; Psychometrics

Key words

clinical relevance; depression; effect size; minimal important difference

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Psychotherapy / Depressive Disorder, Major / Antidepressive Agents Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Year: 2014 Type: Article

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