Variation de l'EVA cliniquement pertinente d'un soulagement ressenti par le patient dans les pathologies aiguës rhumatologiques

Impact of falling reimbursement rates on physician preferences regarding drug therapy for osteoarthritis using a discrete choice experiment

“…Pain relief was supposed to be moderate or important, which corresponded, respectively, to gains of 20 or 40 mm on a visual analogue scale commonly used by physicians [13]. Levels of improvement in function were defined with reference to the Lequesne index,[14,15] which is widely used by physicians to quantify the degree of disability experienced by patients. The Lequesne index expressed by the sum of scores for pain, maximum distance walked and the difficulty in daily life can judge changes and discomfort experienced by the patient.…”