clinical significance

Clinical significance refers to the practical importance of research findings in healthcare. It indicates whether a treatment or intervention has a real, meaningful impact on a patient's health and well-being, beyond just being statistically significant. For example, a drug might show a statistically significant improvement in symptoms, but if that improvement is very small and doesn't change a patient's quality of life, it may not be clinically significant. In essence, clinical significance helps determine whether the benefits of a treatment are substantial enough to be worth using in practice.