ReviewPsychosomatic medicine2012
Computerized adaptive testing--ready for ambulatory monitoring?
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- Key considerations to reduce or address respondent burden in patient-reported outcome (PRO) data collection.Nature communications · 2022Review
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- Minimal Associations Between Clinical Data and Children's Self-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Chronic Conditions-A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
- The development and validation of static and adaptive screeners to measure the severity of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2017Article
- Item usage in a multidimensional computerized adaptive test (MCAT) measuring health-related quality of life.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Psychometric analysis of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) in primary care using modern item response theory.PloS one · 2017Article
- Multiple sclerosis: clinical profiling and data collection as prerequisite for personalized medicine approach.BMC neurology · 2016Review
- The Accuracy of Computerized Adaptive Testing in Heterogeneous Populations: A Mixture Item-Response Theory Analysis.PloS one · 2016Article
- A new computerized adaptive test advancing the measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children: the Kids-CAT.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Assessment of patient-reported symptoms of anxiety.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundComputerized adaptive tests (CATs) have abundant theoretical advantages over established static instruments, which could improve ambulatory monitoring of patient-reported outcomes (PROs). However, an empirical demonstration of their practical benefits is warranted.
methodsWe reviewed the literature and evaluated existing data to discuss the potential of CATs for use in ambulatory monitoring outside clinical facilities.
resultsComputerized adaptive tests are not being used for ambulatory monitoring, but initial results from their use in health care research allow for discussion of some issues relevant to ambulatory care. Evidence shows that CATs can capture the most relevant health outcomes as well as established static tools, with substantially decreased respondent burden. They can be more precise than static tools of similar length and can reduce floor and ceiling effects. Computerized adaptive tests can reliably measure a construct over time with different items, which yields the potential of introducing item exposure control in ambulatory monitoring. Studies have shown that CATs can be at least as valid as well-designed static tools in group comparisons, but further investigation is needed to determine whether psychometric advantages lead to increased responsiveness of CATs.
conclusionsAmbulatory monitoring of PROs demands short, yet very precise measurements, which can be repeated up to many times a day. Computerized adaptive tests may address several present shortcomings in ambulatory monitoring of PROs efficiently. However, most CAT developments have primarily focused on psychometric improvements. To use the full potential of CATs for ambulatory monitoring purposes, content must also be carefully considered.
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