The minimal important change (MIC) for the pain disability index (PDI) in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain
The PDI is insufficiently sensitive for assessing clinically meaningful changes in individual patients due to its high measurement error. Alternative measures, such as patient-specific questionnaires or the GPE, are recommended for individual monitoring in clinical practice.
Authors
- Albère Köke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-4576)
- Michel GCAM Mertens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7170-3518)
- Jan S. Groenewegen
- Rob Smeets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9503-366X)
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Pain in Motion (BE)
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CA)
- Adelante (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2566273
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00