Calibration of the Spanish PROMIS Smoking Item Banks.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Smoking Initiative has developed item banks for assessing six smoking behaviors and biopsychosocial correlates of smoking among adult cigarette smokers. The goal of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Spanish version of the PROMIS smoking item banks as compared to the original banks developed in English.

Methods

The six PROMIS banks for daily smokers were translated into Spanish and administered to a sample of Spanish-speaking adult daily smokers in the United States (N = 302). We first evaluated the unidimensionality of each bank using confirmatory factor analysis. We then conducted a two-group item response theory calibration, including an item response theory-based Differential

SUBMITTER: Huang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4902883 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature