The PROMIS-16 reproduces the PROMIS-29 physical and mental health summary scores accurately in a probability-based internet sample
Methods
Sample
Measures
Human subjects protection
Analysis plan
Results
Sample characteristics
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Age | ||
18–29 | 560 | 14 |
30–44 | 953 | 23 |
45–59 | 911 | 22 |
60 or older | 1706 | 41 |
Gender | ||
Female | 2035 | 49 |
Male | 2049 | 49 |
Transgender | 11 | < 1 |
Do not identify with the above | 17 | < 1 |
Race/ethnicity | ||
Hispanic | 497 | 12 |
White | 2887 | 70 |
Black | 414 | 10 |
Another race | 195 | 5 |
Two or more races | 137 | 3 |
Education | ||
No high school | 279 | 7 |
High school or GED | 1097 | 27 |
Some college | 1087 | 26 |
Bachelor’s degree | 909 | 22 |
Master’s degree or higher | 758 | 18 |
Income (annual) | ||
< $10,000 | 121 | 3 |
$10,000–49,999 | 1006 | 24 |
$50,000–99,999 | 1258 | 30 |
$100,000 or more | 1745 | 42 |
PROMIS-16 confirmatory factor analyses
PROMIS-16 and PROMIS-29 reliabilities
PROMIS-16 | PROMIS-29 | ||||||||||||||
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PF | SO | EM | FT | SD | PN | PS | MS | PF | SO | EM | FT | SD | PN | PS | MS |
PROMIS-16 | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rel | 90 | 83 | 93 | 86 | 73 | 91 | 92 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 87 | 95 | 94 | 98 |
SO | 57 | |||||||||||||||
EM | 29 | 59 | ||||||||||||||
FT | 44 | 65 | 60 | |||||||||||||
SD | 32 | 54 | 52 | 57 | ||||||||||||
PN | 66 (65) | 62 (59) | 40 (39) | 52 (52) | 45 (47) | |||||||||||
PS | 99 (99) | 67 (67) | 36 (36) | 51 (51) | 38 (39) | 74 (73) | ||||||||||
MS | 54 (54) | 85 (85) | 80 (80) | 89 (89) | 71 (71) | 69 (69) | 64 (64) |
PROMIS-29 | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PF | 95 | 62 | 33 | 48 | 36 | 70 (68) | 95 (95) | 59 (59) | ||||||||
SO | 61 | 94 | 59 | 67 | 56 | 65 (62) | 70 (70) | 85 (84) | 66 | |||||||
EM | 29 | 61 | 97 | 62 | 53 | 40 (40) | 36 (36) | 80 (80) | 33 | 60 | ||||||
FT | 45 | 66 | 61 | 96 | 58 | 53 (54) | 52 (52) | 89 (89) | 49 | 68 | 63 | |||||
SD | 33 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 81 | 43 (45) | 39 (39) | 68 (68) | 35 | 52 | 53 | 59 | ||||
PN | 65 | 59 | 40 | 52 | 47 | 92 (99) | 72 (73) | 67 (69) | 68 | 63 | 40 | 55 | 46 | |||
PS | 94 | 70 | 38 | 54 | 42 | 75 (74) | 96 (96) | 67 (67) | 99 | 74 | 39 | 55 | 41 | 75 | ||
MS | 55 | 83 | 78 | 88 | 70 | 69 (70) | 67 (64) | 98 (98) | 60 | 85 | 80 | 91 | 72 | 70 | 68 |
Product-moment correlations among the PROMIS-16 and PROMIS-29 measures
Product-moment correlations of PROMIS summary scores with the PROMIS global physical and mental health scores
Mean differences between PROMIS-29 and PROMIS-16 measures
Measure | PROMIS-29 Mean | PROMIS-16 Mean | Pooled SD | PROMIS-29–PROMIS-16 [Effect Size] | Intraclass Correlation |
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Physical function | 50.54 | 51.71 | 8.14 | −0.18 [−0.02] | 0.94 |
Ability to participate in social roles and activities | 55.79 | 54.90 | 8.62 | 0.89 [0.10] | 0.93 |
Emotional distress | 48.56 | 49.22 | 8.45 | −0.66 [−0.08] | 0.96 |
Fatigue | 47.79 | 47.19 | 9.64 | 0.61 [0.06] | 0.96 |
Sleep disturbance | 48.54 | 48.78 | 8.09 | −0.24 [−0.03] | 0.81 |
Pain | 50.10 (50.10) | 50.00 (50.44) | 8.58 (8.72) | 0.09 [0.01] −0.34 [−0.04] | 0.995 (0.995) |
Physical health summary score | 51.18 (51.19) | 51.24 (51.21) | 8.31 (8.31) | −0.06 [−0.01] −0.19 [−0.02] | 0.96 (0.96) |
Mental health summary score | 52.85 (52.15) | 52.64 (52.57) | 8.25 (8.26) | 0.21 [0.03] 0.27 [0.03] | 0.98 (0.98) |
Correlates of mean differences between corresponding physical and mental health summary scores estimated by PROMIS-29 and PROMIS-16
Summary Score | < $10,000 (n = 112) | $10,000–49,999 (n = 964) | $50,000–99,000 (n = 1223) | > = $100,000 (n = 1705) | Overall (n = 4004) |
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Physical health | 0.87 | 0.42 | 0.07 | −0.20 | 0.06 |
Physical health with pain intensity | 0.77 | 0.35 | 0.03 | −0.22 | 0.02 |
Mental health | 0.06 | −0.003 | −0.18 | −1.36 | −0.21 |
Mental health with pain intensity | −0.10 | −0.10 | −0.25 | −0.40 | −0.27 |