Mapping the content of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) using the International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS (®) ) is a US National Institutes of Health initiative that has produced self-reported item banks for physical, mental and social health.

Objective

To describe the content of PROMIS at the item level using the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Methods

All PROMIS adult items (publicly available as of 2012) were assigned to relevant ICF concepts. The content of the PROMIS adult item banks was then described using the mapped ICF code descriptors.

Results

The 1,006 items in the PROMIS instruments could all be mapped to ICF concepts at the second level of classification, with the exception of three items of global or gen

SUBMITTER: Tucker CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4189969 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature