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Responsiveness and Minimally Important Differences for 4 Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Short Forms: Physical Function, Pain Interference, Depression, and Anxiety in Knee Osteoarthritis

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Lee, Augustine C., Driban, Jeffrey B., Price, Lori Lyn, Harvey, William F., Rodday, Angie Mae, Wang, Chenchen·2017·The Journal of Pain

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Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) instruments can provide valid, interpretable measures of health status among adults with osteoarthritis (OA). However, their ability to detect meaningful change over time is unknown. We evaluated the responsiveness and minimally important differences (MIDs) for 4 PROMIS Short Forms: Physical Function, Pain Interference, Depression, and Anxiety. We analyzed adults with symptomatic knee OA from our randomized trial comparing Tai Chi and physical therapy. Using baseline and 12-week scores, responsiveness was evaluated according to consensus standards by testing 6 a priori hypotheses of the correlations between PROMIS and legacy change scores. Responsiveness was considered high if ≥5 hypotheses were confirmed, and moderate if 3 or 4 were confirmed. MIDs were evaluated according to prospective change for people achieving previously-established MID on legacy comparators. The lowest and highest MIDs meeting a priori quality criteria formed a MID range for each PROMIS Short Form. Among 165 predominantly female (70%) and white (57%) participants, mean age was 61 years and body mass index was 33. PROMIS Physical Function had 5 confirmed hypotheses and Pain Interference, Depression, and Anxiety had 3 or 4. MID ranges were: Depression = 3.0 to 3.1; Anxiety = 2.3 to 3.4; Physical Function = 1.9 to 2.2; and Pain Interference = 2.35 to 2.4. PROMIS Physical Function has high responsiveness, and Depression, Anxiety, and Pain Interference have moderate responsiveness among adults with knee OA. We established the first MIDs for PROMIS in this population, and provided an important standard of reference to better apply or interpret PROMIS in future trials or clinical practice.Perspective This study examined whether PROMIS Short Form instruments (Physical Function, Pain Interference, Depression, and Anxiety) were able to detect change over time among adults with knee OA, and provided minimally important change estimates for each measure. This standard of reference can help apply or interpret these instruments in the future.

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Authors
Lee, A. C., Driban, J. B., Price, L. L., Harvey, W. F., Rodday, A. M., & Wang, C.
Affiliations
  • Tufts Medical Center (US)
  • Tufts University (US)
Corresponding author
Wang, Chenchen
Venue
The Journal of Pain
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
18
Issue
9
Pages
1096-1110
ISSN
1526-5900 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2613037581
Cited by
197
References
81
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Pain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001064, 5u01ar057940-04)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U01AR052171, U01AR057956, U01AR057967, U01AR052186, U01-AR-057940, U01AR057936, U54AR057943, U01AR057929, U01AR052170, U01AR052158, U01AR052155, U01AR052177, U01AR052181, U01AR057971, U01AR057954, U01AR057948, U54AR057926, U54AR057951)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (K24AT007323, R01AT005521)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
knee osteoarthritis, responsiveness, minimally important difference, physical function, pain interference, depression, anxiety, patient-reported outcomes, Tai Chi, physiotherapy
MeSH terms
Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Tai Ji, Physical Therapy Modalities

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