Validity of the PROMIS depression and anxiety common metrics in an online sample of Australian adults
Abstract
Purpose Recent US-based studies have utilised item response theory (IRT) to equate several self-report scales for depression and anxiety using the PROMIS depression and anxiety common metrics. The current study reports on the validity of the US-based equating procedures for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Kessler 6 psychological distress scale (K6) to equate scores in a large online sample of Australian adults. Methods Data comprised 3175 Australians recruited online. Each participant provided responses to the PROMIS depression and anxiety item banks, the PHQ-9, the GAD-7 and the K6. Two scoring methods were used to convert the scores on the PHQ-9, GAD-7 and K6 to the PROMIS depression and anxiety metrics. The converted scores were compared to the PROMIS depression and anxiety scores using intraclass correlations, mean difference, mean of absolute differences and Bland-Altman limits of agreement. Results Statistically significant mean differences were identified in five out of eight equated scores, albeit the effect sizes were small (Cohen's d z ≤ 0.25). The correlations were uniformly high (ICC ≥ 0.86). The mean of absolute differences between observed and equated scores for each metric and across scoring methods ranged between 4.23 and 5.33. Conclusions The results demonstrate the validity of generating PROMIS depression and anxiety scores from the PHQ-9, GAD-7 and K6 in an independent sample of Australians. The agreeme…
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- Authors
- Sunderland, M., Batterham, P., Calear, A., & Carragher, N.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Sunderland, M.
- Venue
- Quality of Life Research
- Published
- 2018-06-05
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2453-2458
- ISSN
- 0962-9343 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2649
- OpenAlex
- W2805358434
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Quality of Life Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council (1043952, 1083311, 1122544)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- PHQ-9, GAD-7, Kessler-6, psychological distress, depression measurement, anxiety assessment, score conversion, measurement validity, Australian adults
- MeSH terms
- Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Adult, Aged, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Australia, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Research Design, Research Personnel, Reproducibility of Results, Racial Groups, Young Adult, Self Report
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