PROMIS computerised adaptive tests are dynamic instruments to measure health-related quality of life in patients with cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cirrhotic patients have an impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which is usually analysed using static paper-pencil questionnaires. The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) computerised adaptive testing (CAT) are flexible, freely available, noncopyrighted, HRQOL instruments with US-based norms across 11 domains. CAT presents five to seven questions/domain depending on the patient's response, from large validated question banks. This provides brevity and precision equivalent to the entire question bank.

Aim

To evaluate PROMIS CAT tools against 'legacy instruments' for cirrhotics and their informal caregivers.

Methods

A total of 200 subjects: 100 cirrhotics (70 men, 53% decompensated) and 100 caregivers were administer

SUBMITTER: Bajaj JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3989141 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature