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The aim is to develop summary scores for physical and mental health using PROMIS global items.

June 18, 2009Quality of Life Research2,031 citationsOpen Access

Development of physical and mental health summary scores from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) global items

RHRon D. HaysRAND Corporation JBJakob Bue BjørnerNational Research Centre for the Working Environment DRDennis A. RevickiIthaka Harbors

Key Points

The aim is to develop summary scores for physical and mental health using PROMIS global items.
Utilization of PROMIS global health items
Evaluation of two dimensions of health
Summarization of health data for patient-reported outcome studies.
Identification of two distinct dimensions for health: physical and mental.
Creation of efficient summary scores for global health outcomes.
Potential for use in various health-related research and assessments.

Abstract

Two dimensions representing physical and mental health underlie the global health items in PROMIS. These global health scales can be used to efficiently summarize physical and mental health in patient-reported outcome studies.

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