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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2021

Psycholinguistic features, design attributes, and respondent-reported cognition predict response time to patient-reported outcome measure items.

Matthew L Cohen, Aaron J Boulton, Alyssa M Lanzi, Elyse Sutherland, Rebecca Hunting Pompon

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Matthew L CohenDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Delaware, 100 Discovery Blvd 6th Floor, Newark, DE, 19713, USA. mlcohen@udel.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9609-2461
Aaron J BoultonCenter for Health Assessment Research and Translation, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-162X
Alyssa M LanziDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Delaware, 100 Discovery Blvd 6th Floor, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-9283
Elyse SutherlandDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Delaware, 100 Discovery Blvd 6th Floor, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2338-8365
Rebecca Hunting PomponDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Delaware, 100 Discovery Blvd 6th Floor, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-6886

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Promoting Independence with Compensatory Cognitive Rehabilitation: A Pilot Clinical Trial for Early-Stage Alzheimer's DiseaseK23AG070185 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI LANZI, ALYSSA MARIE · 2021 to 2025
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NIA NIH HHS K23 AG070185
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Abstract

purposePatient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) vary in their psycholinguistic complexity. This study examined whether response time to PROM items is related to psycholinguistic attributes of the item and/or the self-reported cognitive ability of the respondent.

methodsBaseline data from Wave 2 of the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) development study were reanalyzed. That sample contained 581 adults with neurological disorders and whose self-reported cognitive abilities were quantified by the Neuro-QoL v2.0 Cognitive Function Item Bank. 185 Neuro-QoL items were coded for several psycholinguistic variables and design attributes: number of words and syllables, mean imageability of words, mean word frequency, mean age of word acquisition, and response format (e.g., about symptom frequency or task difficulty). Data were analyzed with linear and generalized linear mixed models.

resultsMain effects models revealed that slower response times were associated with respondents with lower self-reported cognitive abilities and with PROM items that contained more syllables, less imageable (e.g., more abstract) words, and that asked about task difficulty rather than symptom frequency. Interaction effects were found between self-reported cognition and those same PROM attributes such that people with worse self-reported cognitive abilities were disproportionately slow when responding to items that were longer (more syllables), contained less imageable words, and asked about task difficulty.

conclusionCompleting a PROM requires multiple cognitive skills (e.g., memory, executive functioning) and appraisal processes. Response time is a means of operationalizing the amount or difficulty of cognitive processing, and this report indicates several aspects of PROM design that relate to a measure's cognitive burden. However, future research with better experimental control is needed.

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Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresAdultCognitionCognition DisordersExecutive FunctionHumansMaleMiddle AgedNervous System DiseasesPsycholinguisticsQuality of LifeReaction TimeSelf ReportCognitive impairmentsPatient-reported outcome measuresPatient-reported outcomesReaction timeSelf-report

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PMCPMC8178143

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