Journal
ASSESSMENT
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 263-283Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111411667
Keywords
depression; anxiety; anger; item response theory; measurement
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- NCATS NIH HHS [UL1 TR000005] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [U01 AR052181, U01 AR052155-06, U01 AR052186, U01AR52170, U01AR52186, U01 AR052171, U01 AR052155, U01AR52171, U01AR52158, U01 AR052158, U01AR52181, U01AR52177, U01 AR052177, U01AR52155, U01 AR052170] Funding Source: Medline
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The authors report on the development and calibration of item banks for depression, anxiety, and anger as part of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS (R)). Comprehensive literature searches yielded an initial bank of 1,404 items from 305 instruments. After qualitative item analysis (including focus groups and cognitive interviewing), 168 items (56 for each construct) were written in a first person, past tense format with a 7-day time frame and five response options reflecting frequency. The calibration sample included nearly 15,000 respondents. Final banks of 28, 29, and 29 items were calibrated for depression, anxiety, and anger, respectively, using item response theory. Test information curves showed that the PROMIS item banks provided more information than conventional measures in a range of severity from approximately -1 to +3 standard deviations (with higher scores indicating greater distress). Short forms consisting of seven to eight items provided information comparable to legacy measures containing more items.
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