Validity assessment of the PROMIS fatigue domain among people living with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate psychometric characteristics and cross-sectional and longitudinal validity of the 7-item PROMIS^® Fatigue Short Form and additional fatigue items among people living with HIV (PLWH) in a nationally distributed network of clinics collecting patient reported data at the time of routine clinical care.

Methods

Cross-sectional and longitudinal fatigue data were collected from September 2012 through April 2013 across clinics participating in the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS). We analyzed data regarding psychometric characteristics including simulated computerized adaptive testing and differential item functioning, and regarding associations with clinical characteristics.

Results

We analyzed data from 1

SUBMITTER: Gibbons LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387298 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature