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Research ArticleOMERACT 11

Item Response Theory, Computerized Adaptive Testing, and PROMIS: Assessment of Physical Function

James F. Fries, James Witter, Matthias Rose, David Cella, Dinesh Khanna and Esi Morgan-DeWitt
The Journal of Rheumatology January 2014, 41 (1) 153-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.130813
James F. Fries
From the Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Medical School Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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    The PROMIS hierarchy of domains. A simplified diagram of the first 3 levels of the hierarchy. Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) domain framework16. © 2011 PROMIS Health Organization and PROMIS Cooperative Group. Adapted with permission.

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    Comparison of information content between 6 instruments. The most precise instruments have curves that are below and broader than the less-reliable instruments. Reliability at the “floor” is represented by the left side of the curves and reliability at the “ceiling” is represented by the right side of the curves. The 10-item PROMIS CAT covers 6.4 population SD and has much greater precision in normal populations (less ceiling effect). Reprinted from Fries, et al. J Rheumatol 2009;36:2061–6. PROMIS: Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire; PF: physical function (domain); CAT: computerized adaptive testing.

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