Validation of PROMIS ® Physical Function computerized adaptive tests for orthopaedic foot and ankle outcome research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2012, the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society(®) established a national network for collecting and sharing data on treatment outcomes and improving patient care. One of the network's initiatives is to explore the use of computerized adaptive tests (CATs) for patient-level outcome reporting.

Questions/purposes

We determined whether the CAT from the NIH Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System(®) (PROMIS(®)) Physical Function (PF) item bank provides efficient, reliable, valid, precise, and adequately covered point estimates of patients' physical function.

Methods

After informed consent, 288 patients with a mean age of 51 years (range, 18-81 years) undergoing surgery for common foot and ankle problems completed a web-based questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Hung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3792246 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature