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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2020 Dec;43(4):207-212.
doi: 10.1177/0163278719856406. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments: Reliability and Validity in Veterans Following Orthopedic Surgery

Katherine Hadlandsmyth  1 , Lilian N Dindo  2 , Barbara J St Marie  3 , Roohina Wajid  3 , Jennie L Embree  3 , Nicolas O Noiseux  4 , Toni Tripp-Reimer  3 , M Bridget Zimmerman  5 , Barbara A Rakel  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments: Reliability and Validity in Veterans Following Orthopedic Surgery

Katherine Hadlandsmyth et al. Eval Health Prof. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

The patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) offers standardized assessment measures of clinically relevant patient-reported outcomes. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of select PROMIS measures with U.S. military veterans following orthopedic surgery. Data for the current study were collected as part of a pilot randomized control trial assessing the efficacy of a 1-day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy workshop on persistent postsurgical pain in at-risk veterans undergoing orthopedic surgery. Sixty-seven participants completed surveys 3 months after surgery. Participants completed the following PROMIS instruments: PROMIS Anxiety Short Form 8a, PROMIS Depression Short Form 8b, and PROMIS Pain Interference Short Form 8a. PROMIS measures were compared to the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-Item Scale, and the Brief Pain Inventory Pain Interference subscale, respectively. All three PROMIS measures demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's αs ranged from .93 to .96) and each loaded onto a single factor. The PROMIS measures were moderately correlated with their respective comparison measures (r = .69 to .76). The PROMIS anxiety and PROMIS depression measures were highly correlated to one another (r = .91). Findings highlight the potential utility of these PROMIS measures in veterans following orthopedic surgery and the overlap between the PROMIS depression and anxiety measures in this sample.

Keywords: PROMIS; anxiety; depression; orthopedic surgery; pain interference; validity.

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