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responsiveness and sensitivity to change  

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  • For medical decision making, the purpose of measurement is often to measure change in health over time associated with treatment. With this in mind, there has been considerable attention paid to the ability of health status instruments to measure change, often called responsiveness or sensitivity to change. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Health Status Measurement, Responsiveness and Sensitivity to Change]

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