title: Is it time to define minimally clinically important differences for patient-reported outcome measures used in alcohol brief intervention studies?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. an6@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Amanda S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Cameron T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Wild
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D000071066:Patient Reported Outcome Measures; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Alcohol brief interventions; comparative effectiveness; effect sizes; minimal clinically important difference; patient-reported outcomes