MCIDResult Class

An S7 class for representing Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) calculation results from anchor-based, distribution-based, or combined methods.

Usage

MCIDResult(
  anchor = list(),
  distribution = list(),
  method = character(0),
  metadata = list()
)

Arguments

anchor

List or NULL. Anchor-based MCID results containing mcid, ci, n, se, and method

distribution

List or NULL. Distribution-based MCID results containing half_sd, one_sem, third_sd, fifth_sd, sd, n, and method

method

Character string: "anchor", "distribution", or "both"

metadata

List of additional metadata

Value

An MCIDResult object

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Anchor-based MCID result
result <- MCIDResult(
  anchor = list(mcid = 2.5, ci = c(1.8, 3.2), n = 45L),
  distribution = NULL,
  method = "anchor"
)

# Access components
result@anchor$mcid
result@method
} # }