Testing the responsiveness of and defining minimal important difference (MID) values for the CARe burn scales: patient-reported outcome measures to assess quality of life for children and young people affected by burn injuries, and their parents/caregivers

Griffiths, Catrin, Tollow, Philippa, Cox, Danielle, White, Paul, Pickles, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7743-0234 and Harcourt, Diana 2021. Testing the responsiveness of and defining minimal important difference (MID) values for the CARe burn scales: patient-reported outcome measures to assess quality of life for children and young people affected by burn injuries, and their parents/caregivers. European Burn Journal 2 (4) , pp. 249-280. 10.3390/ebj2040019

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Abstract

The CARe Burn Scales are a portfolio of burn-specific PROMs for people affected by burns, including a Child Form (for children < 8 years (parent-proxy)), a Young Person Form (for young people aged 8–17 years), an Adult Form, and a Parent Form (for parents/carers of children aged 0–17 years). This study aimed to determine the responsiveness and minimal important difference (MID) values of the three scales developed for use in paediatric burn services and research. Participants were recruited by 15 UK Burn Services. Participants completed the appropriate CARe Burn Scale and a set of appropriate comparison validated measures, at three time points: 4 weeks (T1), 3 months (T2) and 6 months (T3) post-burn injury. Spearman’s correlation analysis and effect sizes based on Cohen’s d thresholds were reported and MID values were calculated. At baseline, 250 participants completed the Child Form, 69 completed the Young Person Form, and 320 completed the Parent Form. A total of 85–92% of participants were retained at follow up. The tested CARe Burn Scales were all responsive to change over time. MID values were created for all subscales and ranged from 2 to 11 for the Child Form, 3 to 14 for the Young Person Form and 3 to 10 for the Parent Form. The CARe Burn Scales for children, young people and parents are responsive to change over time. The scales are freely available for clinical and research use.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Additional Information:	This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/)
Publisher:	MDPI
ISSN:	2673-1991
Funders:	The Scar Free Foundation
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 November 2021
Date of Acceptance:	28 October 2021
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 08:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145704

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