scholarly journals Use of the PROMIS Mobility score in assessing function in adolescents and adults previously affected by childhood hip disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1089-1095
Author(s):  
Weisang Luo ◽  
Mohammed S. Ali ◽  
Richard Limb ◽  
Christine Cornforth ◽  
Daniel C. Perry

Aims The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) has demonstrated faster administration, lower burden of data capture and reduced floor and ceiling effects compared to traditional Patient Reported Outcomes Measurements (PROMs). We investigated the suitability of PROMIS Mobility score in assessing physical function in the sequelae of childhood hip disease. Methods In all, 266 adolscents (aged ≥ 12 years) and adults were identified with a prior diagnosis of childhood hip disease (either Perthes’ disease (n = 232 (87.2%)) or Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (n = 34 (12.8%)) with a mean age of 27.73 years (SD 12.24). Participants completed the PROMIS Mobility Computer Adaptive Test, the Non-Arthritic Hip Score (NAHS), EuroQol five-dimension five-level questionnaire, and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale. We investigated the correlation between the PROMIS Mobility and other tools to assess use in this population and any clustering of outcome scores. Results There was a strong correlation between the PROMIS Mobility and other established PROMs; NAHS ( rs = 0.79; p < 0.001). There was notable clustering in PROMIS at the upper end of the distribution score (42.5%), with less seen in the NAHS (20.3%). However, the clustering was broadly similar between PROMIS Mobility and the comparable domains of the NAHS; function (53.6%), and activity (35.0%). Conclusion PROMIS Mobility strongly correlated with other tools demonstrating convergent construct validity. There was clustering of physical function scores at the upper end of the distributions, which may reflect truncation of the data caused by participants having excellent outcomes. There were elements of disease not captured within PROMIS Mobility alone, and difficulties in differentiating those with the highest levels of function. Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2021;2(12):1089–1095.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minji K. Lee ◽  
Benjamin D. Schalet ◽  
David Cella ◽  
Kathleen J. Yost ◽  
Amy C. Dueck ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Researchers and clinicians studying symptoms experienced by people with cancer must choose from various scales. It would be useful to know how the scores on one measure translate to another. Methods Using item response theory (IRT) with the single-group design, in which the same sample answers all measures, we produced crosswalk tables linking five 0–10 numeric rating scale (NRS) and 15 items from Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE, scored on a 1–5 scale) to the T-Score metric of six different scales from the NIH Patient reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®). The constructs, for which we conducted linking, include emotional distress-anxiety, emotional distress-depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain intensity, and pain interference. We tested the IRT linking assumption of construct similarity between measures by comparing item content and testing unidimensionality of item sets comprising each construct. We also investigated the correlation of the measures to be linked and, by inspecting standardized mean differences, whether the linkage is invariant across age and gender subgroups. For measures that satisfied the assumptions, we conducted linking. Results In general, an NRS score of 0 corresponded to about 38.2 on the PROMIS T-Score scale (mean = 50; SD = 10); whereas an NRS score of 10 corresponded to a PROMIS T-Score of approximately 72.7. Similarly, the lowest/best score of 1 on PRO-CTCAE corresponded to 39.8 on T-score scale and the highest/worst score of 5 corresponded to 72.0. Conclusion We produced robust linking between single item symptom measures and PROMIS short forms.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Lens ◽  
Jelle Demeestere ◽  
Kris Vanhaecht ◽  
Robin Lemmens

Introduction: The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) after 90 days documents outcome in stroke patients, but focusses only on activities of daily living. Here we studied stroke outcome beyond these activities by the Dutch-Flemish version of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) questionnaire.Patients and Methods: We documented the mRS at day 90 in stroke patients who filled out a questionnaire on pain intensity and seven PROMIS domains: physical function, ability to participate in social roles, anxiety, fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance, pain interference. In a subgroup of patients this questionnaire was reduced to one overall question per PROMIS domain. We correlated these findings with the mRS.Results: We received 102 questionnaires and identified physical function as the most affected PROMIS domain. The strongest correlation with mRS was found for the health domains of physical function (ρs = 0.70, p &lt; 0.001) and ability to participate in social roles (ρs = 0.61, p &lt; 0.001). The other domains with substantial proportions of patients with worse scores compared to the general population (19–44%) correlated weakly with the mRS. We identified a strong correlation between the single question per health domain and the overall score per PROMIS domain.Discussion and Conclusion: PROMIS better reflects the overall health status of stroke patients beyond functional outcome as measured by the mRS. Simplification of the questionnaire with a single question per PROMIS domain could potentially replace the full questionnaire, but needs further validation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueshi Huang ◽  
Xiaoju Zhang ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Tingting Cai ◽  
Wen Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) has been proven to be an effective and efficient measurement tool and has entered its global promotion phase. Our research team was authorized by the PROMIS Health Organization to translate five adult Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function short forms (4a, 6b, 8b, 8c, and 8c 7-Day) to ensure the conceptual and semantical equivalence to the source and pretest them in a Chinese population for cultural adaptation.Methods: The translation was conducted following the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) methodology, which mainly includes forward translation, reconciliation, back-translation, expert reviews, cognitive testing, and linguistic validation, etc. And cognitive interview was used to pretest the translated items in Chinese patients with cancer and a healthy population.Results: The translation process was relatively smooth, except for some translated versions that slightly altered some word choices or sentence structures. Subsequent pre-testing of the Simplified Chinese short forms showed that clarifying or laying emphasis on the time frame in the instructions was needful, and two sets of response categories and one item stem needed some slight revisions due to cultural or language discrepancies.Conclusion: The translation and linguistic validation of five adult PROMIS physical function short forms into Simplified Chinese have been completed, and field testing, calibration, and psychometric testing are pending.


Author(s):  
Darius Hunt ◽  
Tina Zhang ◽  
Scott Koenig ◽  
Ali Aneizi ◽  
Gregory Perraut ◽  
...  

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to evaluate Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System physical function (PROMIS PF) 2 years following knee surgery, and identify preoperative factors associated with postoperative PROMIS PF. Three hundred and sixty-five patients, age 17 years and older, undergoing knee surgery at one institution were studied. Patients completed multiple questionnaires prior to surgery and again 2 years postoperatively including PROMIS PF, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC), joint and body numeric pain scales (NPS), Tegner's activity scale (TAS), and Marx's activity rating scale (MARS). Mean PROMIS PF improved from 41.4 to 50.9 at 2 years postoperatively (p < 0.001) and was strongly correlated with 2-year IKDC scores. Older age, female gender, non-Hispanic ethnicity, unemployment, lower income, government insurance, smoking, preoperative opioid use, having a legal claim, comorbidities, previous surgeries, higher body mass index (BMI), and knee arthroplasty were associated with worse 2-year PROMIS PF. Multivariable analysis confirmed that lower BMI, less NPS body pain, and higher MARS were independent predictors of greater 2-year PROMIS PF and better improvement in PROMIS PF. In this large, broad cohort of knee surgery patients, multiple preoperative factors were associated with PROMIS PF 2 years postoperatively. PROMIS PF scores improved significantly, but worse 2 year PROMIS PF scores and less improvement from baseline were independently predicted by higher BMI, greater NPS body pain, and lower MARS activity level. PROMIS PF can be implemented as an efficient means to assess outcomes after knee surgery.


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