The promise of PROMIS® for addiction

Hilton, Thomas F.

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.09.031

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“…PROMIS has created and refined a comprehensive methodology for developing item banks of these health-related constructs using both qualitative and quantitative techniques and modern psychometric methods (item response theory, IRT) (Cella et al, 2007a; Cella et al, 2010; Hilton, 2011; Reeve et al, 2007). These item banks encompass physical, mental, and social health, consistent with the World Health Organization’s tripartite framework (Cella et al, 2007a; World Health Organization, 2007).…”

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Validation of the depression item bank from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) in a three-month observational study

Pilkonis¹,

Yu²,

Dodds³

et al. 2014

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) is an NIH Roadmap initiative devoted to developing better measurement tools for assessing constructs relevant to the clinical investigation and treatment of all diseases—constructs such as pain, fatigue, emotional distress, sleep, physical functioning, and social participation. Following creation of item banks for these constructs, our priority has been to validate them, most often in short-term observational studies. We report here on a three-month prospective observational study with depressed outpatients in the early stages of a new treatment episode (with assessments at intake, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up). The protocol was designed to compare the psychometric properties of the PROMIS depression item bank (administered as a computerized adaptive test, CAT) with two legacy self-report instruments: the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CESD; Radloff, 1977) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Spitzer et al., 1999). PROMIS depression demonstrated strong convergent validity with the CESD and the PHQ-9 (with correlations in a range from .72 to .84 across all time points), as well as responsiveness to change when characterizing symptom severity in a clinical outpatient sample. Identification of patients as “recovered” varied across the measures, with the PHQ-9 being the most conservative. The use of calibrations based on models from item response theory (IRT) provides advantages for PROMIS depression both psychometrically (creating the possibility of adaptive testing, providing a broader effective range of measurement, and generating greater precision) and practically (these psychometric advantages can be achieved with fewer items—a median of 4 items administered by CAT—resulting in less patient burden).

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Validation of the depression item bank from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) in a three-month observational study

Pilkonis¹,

Yu²,

Dodds³

et al. 2014

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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233

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“…However, the issue of wait times in addiction services is woefully understudied; despite the fact that it is recognized as a key component of performance measurement for treatment initiation and engagement [3]. In a field currently focused on the efficiency with which clients flow through the treatment system [4,5], measuring and understanding wait times has become an ever more important issue. In this paper, we explore the definitions and interpretations of wait lists across all publicly-funded substance use and problem gambling treatment agencies in Ontario, as well as strategies for managing and reducing wait times.…”

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Wait times for publicly funded addiction and problem gambling treatment agencies in Ontario, Canada

Pascoe

Rush

Rotondi

2013

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundThis study describes the definitions of wait times and intake processes used by drug and problem gambling treatment agencies in Ontario, Canada, as well as the various strategies employed to ameliorate client backlog.MethodsAn online survey was developed and distributed to 203 publicly-funded, provincial substance use and problem gambling treatment agencies from June to August, 2011. All aspects of the intake process were covered in the survey.ResultsBased on 139 responses, six different wait time periods were identified. Additional analyses were completed by type of service offered. Suggestions for effective interventions to shorten wait times and recommendations for future research are provided.ConclusionThe results of this study highlight a need for standardized definitions of wait times across substance use and problem gambling treatment services.

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“…PROMIS item banks provide a comprehensive profile of health status, including physical functioning, pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, emotional distress, alcohol use, and social participation (Buysse et al, 2010; Cella et al, 2010; Fries et al, 2009; Pilkonis et al, 2011, 2013; Revicki et al, 2009). PROMIS is the most ambitious attempt to date to apply models from item response theory (IRT) to health-related assessment (Cella et al, 2010; Hilton, 2011; Reeve et al, 2007). We report here on the development and calibration of two item banks measuring severity of substance use and the positive appeal of substance use, an important motivational factor influencing the development and treatment of substance use disorder (Cox et al, 2015; Dow and Kelly, 2013).…”

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Item banks for substance use from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS ® ): Severity of use and positive appeal of use

Pilkonis

Dodds

et al. 2015

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background Two item banks for substance use were developed as part of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®): severity of substance use and positive appeal of substance use. Methods Qualitative item analysis (including focus groups, cognitive interviewing, expert review, and item revision) reduced an initial pool of more than 5,300 items for substance use to 119 items included in field testing. Items were written in a first-person, past-tense format, with 5 response options reflecting frequency or severity. Both 30-day and 3-month time frames were tested. The calibration sample of 1,336 respondents included 875 individuals from the general population (ascertained through an internet panel) and 461patients from addiction treatment centers participating in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. Results Final banks of 37 and 18 items were calibrated for severity of substance use and positive appeal of substance use, respectively, using the two-parameter graded response model from item response theory (IRT). Initial calibrations were similar for the 30-day and 3-month time frames, and final calibrations used data combined across the time frames, making the items applicable with either interval. Seven-item static short forms were also developed from each item bank. Conclusions Test information curves showed that the PROMIS item banks provided substantial information in a broad range of severity, making them suitable for treatment, observational, and epidemiological research in both clinical and community settings.

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The promise of PROMIS® for addiction

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Validation of the depression item bank from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) in a three-month observational study

Validation of the depression item bank from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) in a three-month observational study

Wait times for publicly funded addiction and problem gambling treatment agencies in Ontario, Canada

Item banks for substance use from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS ® ): Severity of use and positive appeal of use

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