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ArticleAnnals of medicine2023

Country-specific reference values for PROMIS

Caroline B Terwee, Leo D Roorda

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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  17. Extending the PROMIS item bank "ability to participate in social roles and activities": a psychometric evaluation using IRT.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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Caroline B TerweeDepartment of Epidemiology and Data Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4570-2826
Leo D RoordaAmsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center | Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9348-5390

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPatient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS PATIENTS AND

methodsA panel completed full PROMIS-PF (

resultsMean T-scores were close to the US mean of 50 for PROMIS-PF (49.8) and PROMIS-APSRA (50.6), lower for PROMIS-SSRA (47.5) and higher for PROMIS-PI (54.9) and PROMIS-PB (52.0). Distribution-based thresholds for mild, moderate, and severe scores were comparable to US recommended cut-off values (except for PROMIS-PI) but participants reported limitations 'earlier' than suggested thresholds.

conclusionDutch reference values were close to US reference values for some PROMIS domains but not all. We recommend country-specific reference values to facilitate worldwide PROMIS use.KEY MESSAGESPROMIS offers universally applicable IRT-based efficient and patient-friendly measures to assess commonly relevant patient-reported outcomes across medical conditions.To support the use of PROMIS in daily clinical practice and research across the world, country-specific general population reference values should be obtained.More research is necessary to obtain reliable and valid cut-off values for what constitutes mild, moderate and severe scores from the patients' perspective.

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