TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of PROMIS-29® in US Veterans
T2 - Diagnostic Concordance and Domain Comparisons with the General Population
AU - LaVela, Sherri L.
AU - Etingen, Bella
AU - Miskevics, Scott
AU - Cella, David
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: This material is based on work supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, and Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation.
Funding Information:
Conflict of Interest: Dr. Cella has NIH grant funding at Northwestern University for PROMIS. All remaining authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.
PY - 2019/8/15
Y1 - 2019/8/15
N2 - Background: PROMIS® items have not been widely or systematically used within the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Objective: To examine the concordance of PROMIS-29® scores and medical record diagnosis in US Veterans and to compare Veteran scores relative to US population norms. Design/Participants: Cross-sectional multi-site survey of Veterans (n = 3221) provided sociodemographic and PROMIS-29® domain data. Electronic medical records provided health condition (depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, pain disorders) diagnosis data. Main Measures: For each domain, we calculated PROMIS® standardized T scores and used t tests to compare PROMIS® scores for Veterans diagnosed with each targeted health condition vs. those without that documented clinical diagnosis and compare mean Veterans’ PROMIS-29® with US adult population norms. Key Results: Veterans with (vs. without) a depression diagnosis reported significantly higher PROMIS® depression scores (60.3 vs. 49.6, p <.0001); those with an anxiety diagnosis (vs. without) reported higher average PROMIS® anxiety scores (62.7 vs. 50.9, p <.0001). Veterans with (vs. without) a pain disorder reported higher pain interference (65.3 vs. 57.7, p <.0001) and pain intensity (6.4 vs. 4.4, p <.0001). Veterans with (vs. without) a sleep disorder reported higher sleep disturbance (55.8 vs. 51.2, p <.0001) and fatigue (57.5 vs. 51.8, p <.0001) PROMIS® scores. Compared with the general population norms, Veterans scored worse across all PROMIS-29® domains. Conclusions: We found that PROMIS-29® domains are selectively sensitive to expected differences between clinically-defined groups, suggesting their appropriateness as indicators of condition symptomology among Veterans. Notably, Veterans scored worse across all PROMIS-29(R) domains compared with population norms. Taken collectively, our findings suggest that PROMIS-29® may be a useful tool for VA providers to assess patient’s physical and mental health, and because PROMIS® items are normed to the general population, this offers a way to compare the health of Veterans with the adult population at large and identify disparate areas for intervention.
AB - Background: PROMIS® items have not been widely or systematically used within the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Objective: To examine the concordance of PROMIS-29® scores and medical record diagnosis in US Veterans and to compare Veteran scores relative to US population norms. Design/Participants: Cross-sectional multi-site survey of Veterans (n = 3221) provided sociodemographic and PROMIS-29® domain data. Electronic medical records provided health condition (depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, pain disorders) diagnosis data. Main Measures: For each domain, we calculated PROMIS® standardized T scores and used t tests to compare PROMIS® scores for Veterans diagnosed with each targeted health condition vs. those without that documented clinical diagnosis and compare mean Veterans’ PROMIS-29® with US adult population norms. Key Results: Veterans with (vs. without) a depression diagnosis reported significantly higher PROMIS® depression scores (60.3 vs. 49.6, p <.0001); those with an anxiety diagnosis (vs. without) reported higher average PROMIS® anxiety scores (62.7 vs. 50.9, p <.0001). Veterans with (vs. without) a pain disorder reported higher pain interference (65.3 vs. 57.7, p <.0001) and pain intensity (6.4 vs. 4.4, p <.0001). Veterans with (vs. without) a sleep disorder reported higher sleep disturbance (55.8 vs. 51.2, p <.0001) and fatigue (57.5 vs. 51.8, p <.0001) PROMIS® scores. Compared with the general population norms, Veterans scored worse across all PROMIS-29® domains. Conclusions: We found that PROMIS-29® domains are selectively sensitive to expected differences between clinically-defined groups, suggesting their appropriateness as indicators of condition symptomology among Veterans. Notably, Veterans scored worse across all PROMIS-29(R) domains compared with population norms. Taken collectively, our findings suggest that PROMIS-29® may be a useful tool for VA providers to assess patient’s physical and mental health, and because PROMIS® items are normed to the general population, this offers a way to compare the health of Veterans with the adult population at large and identify disparate areas for intervention.
KW - PROMIS
KW - Veterans
KW - health-related quality of life
KW - mental health
KW - patient-reported outcomes
KW - physical health
KW - social role
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U2 - 10.1007/s11606-019-05011-9
DO - 10.1007/s11606-019-05011-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 31144276
AN - SCOPUS:85066790851
VL - 34
SP - 1452
EP - 1458
JO - Journal of General Internal Medicine
JF - Journal of General Internal Medicine
SN - 0884-8734
IS - 8
ER -