PROMIS pediatric Anger scale: An item response theory analysis

Debra E. Irwin; Brian D. Stucky; Michelle M. Langer; David Thissen; Esi Morgan DeWitt; Jin Shei Lai; Karin B. Yeatts; James W. Varni; Darren A. De Walt

doi:10.1007/s11136-011-9969-5

PROMIS pediatric Anger scale: An item response theory analysis

Debra E. Irwin^*, Brian D. Stucky, Michelle M. Langer, David Thissen, Esi Morgan DeWitt, Jin Shei Lai, Karin B. Yeatts, James W. Varni, Darren A. De Walt

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Abstract

Purpose: The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) aims to develop patientreported outcome (PROs) instruments for use in clinical research. The PROMIS pediatrics (ages 8-17) project focuses on the development of PROs across several health domains (physical function, pain, fatigue, emotional distress, social role relationships, and asthma symptoms). The objective of the present study was to report on the psychometric properties of the PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale. Methods: Participants (n = 759) were recruited from public school settings, hospital-based outpatient, and subspecialty pediatrics clinics. The anger items (k = 10) were administered on one test form. A hierarchical confirmatory factor analytic model (CFA) was conducted to evaluate scale dimensionality and local dependence. Item response theory (IRT) analyses were then used to finalize the item scale and short form. Results: CFA confirmed that the anger items are representative of a unidimensional scale, and items with local dependence were removed, resulting in a six-item short form. The IRT-scaled scores from summed scores and each score's conditional standard error were calculated for the new six-item PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale. Conclusions: This study provides initial calibrations of the anger items and creates the PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale, version 1.0

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	697-706
Number of pages	10
Journal	Quality of Life Research
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-9969-5
State	Published - May 2012

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Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Harry A. Guess, MD, PhD to the conceptualization and opera-tionalization of this research prior to his death. This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, Grant 1U01AR052181-01, and by SBIR contract HHSN-2612007-00013C with the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Information on the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) can be found at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/ and http://www.nihpromis.org.

Keywords

Anger
HRQOL
PRO
PROMIS
Pediatrics
Scale development
Surveys

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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