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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2024

Converting PROMIS

Gregor Liegl, Felix H Fischer, Carl N Martin, Maria Rönnefarth, Annelie Blumrich, Michael Ahmadi, Leif-Hendrik Boldt, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Matthias Endres, Frank Edelmann and 23 more

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors.

Gregor LieglDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany. gregor.liegl@charite.de.
Felix H FischerDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Carl N MartinBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Maria RönnefarthBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Annelie BlumrichBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Michael AhmadiBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Leif-Hendrik BoldtDepartment of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Kai-Uwe EckardtCenter for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Matthias EndresCenter for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Frank EdelmannBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Holger GerhardtBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ulrike GrittnerBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Arash HaghikiaBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Norbert HübnerBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ulf LandmesserBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
David LeistnerDepartment of Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Knut MaiGerman Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jil Kollmus-HeegeBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Dominik N MüllerBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Christian H NolteBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Sophie K PiperBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Kai M Schmidt-OttBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Tobias PischonBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Simrit RattanBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ira Rohrpasser-NapierkowskiBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Katharina SchönrathBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jeanette Schulz-MengerGerman Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Oliver SchweizerhofBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Joachim SprangerBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Joachim E WeberBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Martin WitzenrathDivision of Pulmonary Inflammation, Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Sein Schmidt *Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Matthias Rose *Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealth-related quality of life (HRQL) has become an important outcome parameter in cardiology. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the PROMIS-29 are two widely used generic measures providing composite HRQL scores. The domains of the SF-36, a well-established instrument utilized for several decades, can be aggregated to physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summary scores. Alternative scoring algorithms for correlated component scores (PCS

methodsData from n = 662 participants of the Berlin Long-term Observation of Vascular Events (BeLOVE) study were used to estimate linear regression models with either PROMIS-29 domain scores or aggregated PROMIS-29 physical/mental health summary scores as predictors and SF-36 physical/mental component summary scores as outcomes. Data from a subsequent assessment point (n = 259) were used to evaluate the agreement between empirical and predicted SF-36 scores.

resultsPROMIS-29 domain scores as well as PROMIS-29 health summary scores showed high predictive value for PCS, PCS

conclusionsThis study provides easy-to-apply algorithms to convert PROMIS-29 data to well-established SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores in a cardiovascular population. Applied to new data, the agreement between empirical and predicted SF-36 scores was high. However, for SF-36 mental component summary scores, considerably better predictions were found under the correlated (MCS

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Cardiovascular DiseasesQuality of LifeAgedAlgorithmsFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedPsychometricsSurveys and QuestionnairesCardiovascular diseasesHealth composite scoresHealth-related quality of lifeMappingOutcome measuresPatient-reported outcomesPROMIS-29SF-36

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