Abstract
Objective: To develop 12-item short forms (KOOS-12, HOOS-12) of the 42-item Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and 40-item Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) that represent the full-length instruments sufficiently to provide joint-specific pain, function and quality of life (QOL) domain and summary joint impact scores. This paper describes KOOS-12 and HOOS-12 item selection. Subsequent papers will examine KOOS-12 and HOOS-12 reliability, validity and responsiveness. Design: Items were selected based on qualitative information from patients, clinicians and KOOS/HOOS translators and analysis of data from 1,395 knee osteoarthritis (OA) and 1,281 hip OA patients from the FORCE-TJR cohort who completed KOOS or HOOS before and after total joint replacement (TJR). Item response theory models and computerized adaptive test (CAT) simulations were used to identify items that best measured patients’ levels of pain and function pre- and post-TJR. KOOS-12/HOOS-12 items were selected based on content, coverage of a wide measurement range, high item information, item usage in CAT simulations, scale-level properties (reliability, validity, responsiveness), and qualitative information. Results: KOOS-12 and HOOS-12 each included a pain frequency item and three items measuring pain during increasingly difficult activities (sitting/lying, walking, up/down stairs); function items about standing, rising from sitting, getting in/out of a car, and twisting/pivoting (KOOS-12) or walking on an uneven surface (HOOS-12); and the original 4-item QOL scale. Conclusions: This study demonstrated the benefits of examining patient-reported outcome measures using modern psychometric methods, to create short forms with diverse content that provide domain-specific and summary joint impact scores.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 746-753 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2019 |
Funding
This research was supported by AHRQ grant R03 HS024632 (Gandek PI) and a FORCE-TJR program project award ( P50 HS018910 , Franklin PI) to the Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) . The funding sources did not play any role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official position of AHRQ or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This research was supported by AHRQ grant R03 HS024632 (Gandek PI) and a FORCE-TJR program project award (P50 HS018910, Franklin PI) to the Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). The funding sources did not play any role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official position of AHRQ or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The authors thank Jakob Bjorner, MD, PhD for psychometric consultation; Nina Deng, EdD for developing the relative validity bootstrapping software; Celeste Lemay RN, MPH, Wenyun Yang, MS and Hua Zheng, PhD for data and computer support; and the researchers, clinicians and patients who provided feedback on KOOS and HOOS item content and translations.
Keywords
- HOOS
- Item response theory
- KOOS
- Osteoarthritis
- Patient reported outcome measures
- Psychometrics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Rheumatology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine