Publications By Year

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Year: 2012 (3)

Forrest, C. B., Bevans, K. B., Tucker, C., Riley, A. W., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Gardner, W., & Pajer, K. (2012 epub ahead of print). Commentary: The Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) for children and youth: Application to pediatric psychology. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss038.

Irwin, D. E., Gross, H. E., Stucky, B. D., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J. S., Amtmann, D., Khastou, L., Varni, J. W., & DeWalt, D. A. (2012 epub ahead of print). Development of six PROMIS pediatrics proxy-report item banks. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 10 (1): 22. (PMCID: PMC3312870)

Khanna, D., Krishnan, E., DeWitt, E. M., Khanna, P. P., Spiegel, B., & Hays, R. D. (2012). Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) -- The future of measuring patient reported outcomes in rheumatology. Arthritis Care and Research, 63(S11), s486-s490. (PMCID: PMC3302685)

Year: 2011 (21)

Amtmann, D., Cook, K. F., Johnson, K. L., & Cella, D. (2011). The PROMIS initiative: Involvement of rehabilitation stakeholders in development and examples of application in rehabilitation research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92(10 Suppl), S12-S19. (PMCID: Pending)

Carle, A. C., Cella, D., Cai, L, Choi, S. W., Crane, P. K., Curtis, S. M., Gruhl, J., Lai, J. S., Mukherjee, S., Reise, S. P., Teresi, J. A., Thissen, D., Wu, E. J., & Hays, R. D. (2011). Advancing PROMIS’s methodology: Results of the third PROMIS Psychometric Summit. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 11(6), 677-84. (PMCID: Pending)

Choi, S. W., Gibbons, L. E., & Crane, P. K. (2011). lordif: An R package for detecting differential item function using iterative hybrid ordinal logistic regression/item response theory and Monte Carlo simulations. Journal of Statistical Software 39(8), 1. (PMCID: PMC3093114)

Cook, K. F., Bamer, A. M., Roddey, T. S., Kraft, G. H., Kim, J., & Amtmann, D. (2011). A PROMIS fatigue short form for use by individuals who have multiple sclerosis. Quality of Life Research, Sept 17 (epub ahead of print). (PMCID: Pending)

DeWitt, E. M., Stucky, B. D., Thissen, D., Irwin, D. E., Langer, M., Varni, J. W., Lai, J-S, Yeatts, K. B., & DeWalt, D. A. (2011). Construction of the eight item PROMIS Pediatric Physical Function Scales: Built using item response theory. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64(7), 794-804. (PMCID: PMC3100387)

Eisenstein, E. L., Diener, L. W., Nahm, M., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2011). Impact of the Patient- Reported Outcomes Management Information System (PROMIS) upon the design and operation of multi-center clinical trials: A qualitative research study. Journal of Medical Systems, 35(6), 1521-30. (PMCID:Pending)

Flynn, K. E., Reese, J. B., Jeffery, D. D., Abernethy, A .P., Lin, L., Shelby, R. A., Dombeck, C. B., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2011). Patient experiences with communication about sex during and after treatment for cancer. Psycho–oncology, 10 Mar 2011 [doi: 10.1002/pon.1947 epub ahead of print]. (PMCID: PMC3149787)

Flynn, K. E., Jeffery, D. D., Keefe, F. J., Porter, L. S., Shelby, R. A., Fawzy, M. R., Gosselin, T. K., Reeve, B. B., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2011). Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Psycho-Oncology, 20(4), 378-86 . (PMCID: PMC3013236)

Fries, J. F., Witter, J., Eswar, K., & Rose, M. (2011). The PROMIS of better outcome assessment: Responsiveness, floors and ceiling effects, and internet administration. Journal of Rheumatology, 38(8), 1759-64. (PMCID: Pending)

Gershon, R. C., & Cook, K. L. (2011). Use of computer adaptive testing in the development of machine learning algorithms. Pain Medicine, 12(1), 1450-1452. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Gibbons, L. E., Crane, H., Feldman, B., Mugavero, M., Willig, J. H., Patrick, D., Schumacher, J., Saag, M., Kitahata, M., & Crane, P.K. (2011). Migrating from a legacy fixed–format measure to CAT administration: calibrating the PHQ-9 to the PROMIS depression measures. Quality of Life Research, 29(9), 1349-57. (PMCID: PMC3175024)

Junghaenel, D. U., Christodoulou, C., Lai, J. S., & Stone, A. A. (2011.) Demographic correlates of fatigue in the US general population: Results from the patient–reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) initiative. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 71(3), 117-23. (PMCID: Pending)

Kelly, M. A. R., Morse, J. Q., Stover, A. M., Hofkens, T., Huisman, E., Shulman, S., Eisen, S., Becker, S. J., Weinfurt, K. P., Boland, E., & Pilkonis, P. A. (2011). Describing depression: Congruence between patient experiences and clinical assessments. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50(1), 46-66. (PMCID: Pending)

Lai, J-S., Cella, D., Choi, S. W., Junghaenel, D. U., Christodoulou, C., Gershon, R., & Stone, A. A. (2011). How item banks and their application can influence measurement practices in rehabilitation medicine: A PROMIS fatigue item bank example. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92(10 Suppl), S20-S27. (PMCID: Pending)

Magasi, S., Ryan, G., Revicki, D., Lenderking, W., Hays, R. D., Brod, M., Snyder, C., Boers, M., & Cella, D. (2011). Content validity of patient reported outcomes: Perspectives from a PROMIS meeting. Quality of Life Research, 25 Aug 2011 [epub ahead of print]. (PMCID: Pending)

Pilkonis, P.A., Choi, S.W., Reise, S.P., Stover, A.M., Riley, W.T., Cella, D., on behalf of the PROMIS Cooperative Group. (2011). Item banks for measuring emotional distress from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®): depression, anxiety, and anger. Assessment, 18(3), 263-283. (PMCID: PMC3153635)

Quatrano, L. A., & Cruz, T. H. (2011). Future of outcomes measurement: Impact on research in medical rehabilitation and neurologic populations. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92(10 Suppl), S7-S11.

Riley, W. T., Pilkonis, P., & Cella, D. (2011). Application of the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to mental health research. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 14(3), 115-123. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Varni, J. W., Thissen, D., Stucky, B. D., Liu, T., Gorder, H., Irwin, D. E., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J. S., Amtmann, D., & DeWalt, D. A. (2011). PROMIS (r) Parent Proxy Report Scales: An item response theory analysis of the parent proxy report item banks. Quality of Life Research, Oct 5 (epub ahead of print). (PMCID: Pending)

Yost, K. J., Eton, D. T., Garcia, S. F., & Cella, D. (2011). Minimally important differences were estimated for six PROMIS–Cancer scales in advanced–stage cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64(5), 507-16. (PMCID: PMC3076200)

Yu, L., Buysse, D. J., Moul, D. E., Germain, A., Stover, A. M., Dodds, N. E., Johnston, K. L., Shablesky-Cade, M. A., & Pilkonis, P. A. (in press). Development of short forms from the PROMIS® Sleep Disturbance and Sleep–Related Impairment Item Banks. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. (PMCID: 3261577)

Year: 2010 (32)

Aletaha, D. (2010). From the item to the outcome: the promising prospects of PROMIS. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 12(1), 104. (PMCID: PMC2875637)

Amtmann, D. A., Cook, K. F., Jensen, M. P., Chen, W-H., Choi, S. W., Revicki, D., Cella, D., Rothrock, N., Keefe, F., Callahan, L., Lai, J-S. (2010). Development of a PROMIS item bank to measure pain interference. Pain, 150(1), 173-82. (PMCID: PMC2916053)

Anatchkova, M. D., & Bjorner, J. B. (2010). Health and role functioning: the use of focus groups in the development of an item bank. Quality of Life Research, 19(1), 111-23. (PMCID: NIHMS166535)

Bode, R. K., Hahn, E. A., DeVellis, R., Cella, D., & on behalf of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Social Domain Working Group. (2010). Measuring participation: The Patient–Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System experience. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(9 Suppl 1), S60-5. (PMCID: In process)

Boers, M. (2010). Standing on the promises: First wave validation reports of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(11), 1167-68. (PMCID: In process)

Broderick, J. E., Schneider, S., Schwartz, J. E., & Stone, A. A. (2010). Interference with activities due to pain and fatigue: Accuracy of ratings across different reporting periods. Quality of Life Research, 19(8), 1163-70. (PMCID: PMC2940938)

Buysse, D. J., Moul, D. E., Germain, A., Yu, L., Stover, A. M., Dodds, N. E., Johnston, K. L., Shablesky-Cade, M. A., & Pilkonis, P. A. (2010). Development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures for sleep disturbance and sleep-related impairments. Sleep, 33(6), 781-92. (PMCID: PMC2880437)

Cella, D., Lai, J-S., & Stone, A. (2010). Self-reported fatigue: One dimension or more? Lessons from the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT-F) questionnaire. Supportive Care in Cancer, epub ahead of print. (PMCID: In process)

Cella, D., Riley, W., Stone, A., Rothrock, N., Reeve, B., Yount, S., Amtmann, D., Bode, R., Buysse, D., Choi, S., Cook, K., DeVellis, R., DeWalt, D., Fries, J. F., Gershon, R., Hahn, E. A., Pilkonis, P., Revicki, D., Rose, M., Weinfurt, K., Hays, R., Lai, J-S, & on behalf of the PROMIS Cooperative Group. (2010). The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(11), 1179-94. (PMCID: PMC2965562)

Choi, S. W., Reise, S. P., Pilkonis, P. A., Hays, R. D., & Cella, D. (2010). Efficiency of static and computer adaptive short forms compared to full-length measures of depressive symptoms. Quality of Life Research, 19(1), 125-36. (PMCID: PMC2832176)

Flynn, K. E., Shelby, R. A., Mitchell, S. A., Fawzy, M. R., Hardy, N. C., Husain, A. M., Keefe, F. J., Krystal, A. D., Porter, L. S., Reeve, B. B., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2010). Sleep-wake functioning along the cancer continuum: Focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Psycho-Oncology, 19(10), 1086-93. (PMCID: PMC2888823)

Gershon, R. C., Rothrock, N. E., Hanrahan, R. T., Jansky, L. J., Harniss, M., Riley, W. (2010). The development of a clinical outcomes survey research application: Assessment Center. Quality of Life Research, 19(5), 677-85. (PMCID: In process)

Gershon, R. C., Rothrock, N., Hanrahan, R., Bass, M., & Cella, D. (2010). The use of PROMIS and Assessment Center to deliver patient-reported outcome measures in clinical research. Journal of Applied Measurement, 11(3), 304-14. (PMCID: In process)

Hahn, E. A., DeVellis, R. F., Bode, R. K., Garcia, S. F., Castel, L. D., Eisen, S. V., Bosworth, H. B., Heinemann, A. W., Rothrock, N., Cella, D., & on behalf of the PROMIS Cooperative Group. (2010). Measuring social health in the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): Item bank development and testing. Quality of Life Research, 19(7), 1035-44. (PMCID: PMC3138729)

Hahn, E. A., Cella, D., Bode, R. K., & Hanrahan, R. T. (2010). Measuring social well-being in people with chronic illness. Social Indicators Research, 96(3), 381-401. (PCMID: Unavailable)

Hays, R. D., Bode, R., Rothrock, N., Riley, W., Cella, D., & Gershon, R. (2010). The impact of next and back buttons on time to complete and measurement reliability in computer-based surveys. Quality of Life Research, 19(8), 1181-84. (PMCID: PMC2940029)

Heinemann, A. W. (2010). Measurement of participation in rehabilitation research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(9 Suppl 1), S1. (PMCID: In process)

Heinemann, A. W., Tulsky, D., Dijkers, M., Brown, M., Magasi, S., Gordan, W., & DeMark, H. (2010). Issues in participation measurement in research and clinical trials. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(9 Suppl 1), S72-6. (PMCID: In process)

Henly, S. J. (2010). The promise of PROMIS. Nursing Research, 59(2), 77. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Irwin, D. E., Stucky, B., Langer, M. M., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J-S., Varni, J. W., Yeatts, K., & DeWalt, D. A. (2010). An item response analysis of the pediatric PROMIS anxiety and depressive symptoms scales. Quality of Life Research, 19(4), 595-607. (PMCID: Pending)

Irwin, D. E., Stucky, B., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J-S., Yeatts, K., Varni, J. W., & DeWalt, D. A. (2010). Sampling plan and patient characteristics of the PROMIS pediatrics large-scale survey. Quality of Life Research, 19(4), 585-94. (PMCID: Pending)

Liu, H., Cella, D., Gershon, R., Shen, J., Morales, L. S., Riley, W., & Hays, R. D. (2010). Representativeness of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Internet panel. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(11), 1169-78. (PMCID: PMC2943555)

Reise, S. P., Moore, T. M., & Haviland, M. G. (2010). Bifactor models and rotations: Exploring the extent to which multidimensional data yield univocal scale scores. Journal of Personality Assessment, 92(6), 544-59. (PMCID: PMC2981404)

Riley, W., Rothrock, N., Bruce, B., Christodolou, C., Cook, K., Hahn, E. A., Cella, D. (2010). Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) domain names and definitions revisions: Further assessment of content validity in IRT-derived item banks. Quality of Life Research, 19(9), 1311-21. (PMCID: In process)

Rothrock, N. E., Hays, R. D., Spritzer, K., Yount, S. E., Riley, W., and Cella, D. (2010). Relative to the general US population, chronic diseases are associated with poorer health-related quality of life as measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(11), 1195-1204. (PMCID: PMC2943571)

Schneider, S., Stone, A. A., Schwartz, J. E., & Broderick, J. E.. (2010). Peak and end effects in patients’ daily recall of pain and fatigue: A within-subject analysis. The Journal of Pain, 12(2), 228-235. (PMCID:PMC3012151)

Stone, A. A., Broderick, J. E., & Kaell, A. T. (2010). Single momentary assessments are not reliable outcomes for clinical trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 31(5), 466-472. (PMCID: PMC3014612)

Stone, A. A., Broderick, J. E., & Schwartz, J. E. (2010). Validity of average, minimum, and maximum end-of-day recall assessments of pain and fatigue. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 31(5), 483-490. (PMCID: pending)

Varni, J. W., Stucky, B. D., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E. M., Irwin, D. E., Lai, J-S., Yeatts, K., & DeWalt, D. A. (2010). PROMIS Pediatric Pain Interference Scale: An item response theory analysis of the Pediatric Pain Item Bank. Journal of Pain, 11(11), 1109-19. (PMCID: PMC3129595)

Vernon, M. K., Dugar, A., Revicki, D., Treglia, M., & Buysse, D. (2010). Measurement of non-restorative sleep in insomnia: A review of the literature. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 14(3), 205-12. (PMCID: In process)

Yeatts, K. B., Stucky, B. D., Thissen, D., Irwin, D., Varni, J. W., DeWitt, E. M., Lai, J-S., & DeWalt, D. A. (2010). Construction of the Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS) for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information system (PROMIS). Journal of Asthma, 47(3), 295-302. (PMCID: PMC3098738)

Yorkston, K. M., Johnson, K., Boesflug, E., Skala, J., & Amtmann, D. (2010). Communicating about the experience of pain and fatigue in disability. Quality of Life Research, 19(2), 243-51. (PMCID: PMC2844855)

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Year : 2009 (22)

Broderick, J. E., Schwartz, J. E., Schneider, S., & Stone, A. A. (2009). Can end-of-day reports replace momentary assessment of pain and fatigue? Journal of Pain, 10(3), 274-81. (PMCID: PMC2757263)

Bruce, B., Fries, J. F., Ambrosini, D., Lingala, B., Gandek, B., Rose, M., & Ware, J. E. (2009). Better assessment of physical function: item improvement is neglected but essential. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 11(6), R191 (PMCID: PMC3003539)

Chen, W-H., Revicki, D. A., Lai, J. S., Cook, K. F. & Amtmann, D. (2009). Linking pain items from two studies onto a common scale using item response theory. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 38(4), 615-28. (PMCID: PMC2761512)

Choi, S. W. (2009). Firestar: Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) simulation for polytomous IRT models. Applied Psychological Measurement, 33(8), 644-645. (PMCID: PMC2790213)

Choi, S. W., & Swartz, R. J. (2009). Comparison of CAT item selection criteria for polytomous items. Applied Psychological Measurement, 33(6), 419-40. (PMCID: PMC2791416)

Cook, K. F., Kallen, M. A., & Amtmann, D. (2009). Having a fit: Impact of number of items and distribution of data on traditional criteria for assessing IRT's unidimensionality assumption. Quality of Life Research, 18(4), 447-60. (PMCID: PMC2746381)

Dew, M. A., Cyranowski, J., & Pilkonis, P. A. (2009). Medical conditions and depression. In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Depression (pp. 377-380). New York, NY, USA: Springer. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Fortune-Greeley, A. K., Flynn, K. E., Jeffery, D. D., Williams, M. S., Keefe, F. J., Reeve, B. B., Willis, G. B., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2009). Using cognitive interviews to evaluate items for measuring sexual functioning across cancer populations: improvements and remaining challenges. Quality of Life Research, 18(8), 1085-93. (PMCID: PMC2759179)

Fries, J. F., Cella, D., Rose, M., Krishnan, E., Bruce, B. (2009). Progress in assessing physical function in arthritis: PROMIS short forms and computerized adaptive testing. Journal of Rheumatology, 36(9), 2061-6. (PMCID: Pending)

Fries, J. F., Krishnan, E., & Bruce, B. (2009). Items, instruments, crosswalks, and PROMIS. Journal of Rheumatology, 36(6), 1093-95. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Fries, J. F., & Krishnan, E. (2009). What constitutes progress in assessing patient outcomes? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 62(8), 779-80. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Hays, R. D., Bjorner, J., Revicki, R. A., Spritzer, K. L., & Cella, D. (2009). Development of physical and mental health summary scores from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) global items. Quality of Life Research, 18(7),873-80. (PMCID: PMC2724630)

Irwin, D. E., Varni, J. M., Yeatts, K., & DeWalt, D. A. (2009). Cognitive interviewing methodology in the development of a pediatric item bank: a Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7:3. (PMCID: PMC2642767)

Jansky, L. J., & Huang, J. C. (2009) A multi-method approach to assess usability and acceptability: A case study of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement System (PROMIS) Workshop. Social Science Computer Review. 27(2), 262-70. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Jeffery, D. D., Tzeng, J. P., Keefe, F.J., Porter, L. S., Hahn, E. A., Flynn, K. E., Reeve, B. B., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2009). Initial report of the cancer Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sexual function committee: Review of sexual function measures and domains used in oncology. Cancer, 115(6), 1142-53. (PMCID: PMC2742328)

Klem, M. L., Saghafi, E., Abromitis, R., Stover, A., Dew, M.A., & Pilkonis, P.A. (2009). Building PROMIS item banks: Librarians as co-investigators. Quality of Life Research, 18(7), 881-88. (PMCID: PMC2744389)

Matter, R., Kline, S., Cook, K. F., & Amtmann, D. (2009). Measuring pain in the context of homelessness. Quality of Life Research, 18(7), 863-72. (PMCID: PMC2768046)

Reise, S. P., & Waller, N. G. (2009). Item response theory and clinical measurement. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5, 25-46. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Reise, S. P. (2009). The emergence of item response theory (IRT) models and the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS). Austrian Journal of Statistics, 38(4), 211-20. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Revicki, D. A., Chen, W-H., Harnam, N., Cook, K., Amtmann, D., Callahan, L. F., Jensen, M. P., & Keefe, F. J. (2009). Development and psychometric analysis of the PROMIS pain behavior item bank. Pain, 146(1-2), 158-69. (PMCID: PMC2775487)

Revicki, D. A., Kawata, A., Harnam, N., Chen, W-H., Hays, R. D., & Cella, D. (2009). Predicting EUROQOL (EQ-5D) scores from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) global items and domain item banks in a United States sample. Quality of Life Research, 18(6), 783-91. (PMCID: PMC2704290)

Teresi, J. A., Ocepek-Welikson, K., Kleinman, M., Eimicke, J. P., Crane, P. K., Jones, R. N., Lai, J-S., Choi, S. W., Hays, R. D., Reeve, B. B., Reise, S. P., Pilkonis, P. A., & Cella, D. (2009). Analysis of differential item functioning in the depression item bank from the Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS): An item response theory approach. Psychology Science Quarterly, 51(2), 148-180. (PMCID: PMC2844669)

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Year : 2008 (16)

Broderick, J. E., Schwartz, J. E., Vikingstad, G., Pribbernow, M., Grossman, S., Stone, A. A. (2008) The accuracy of pain and fatigue items across different reporting periods. Pain 139(1), 146-57. (PMCID: PMCID: PMC2617790)

Broderick, J. E., & Vikingstad, G. (2008). Frequent assessment of negative symptoms does not induce depressed mood. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 15(4), 296-300. (PMCID: PMC2730150)

Callahan, L. F., DeVellis, R. F., & DeWalt, D. A. (2008). PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System): Review of the first 3 years of progress and implications for arthritis outcomes assessment. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 58(9), S1162. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Castel, L. D., Williams, K. A., Bosworth, H. B., Eisen, S. V., Hahn, E. A., Irwin, D. E., Kelly, M. A. R., Morse, J. Q., Stover, A. M., DeWalt, D. A., & DeVellis, R. F. (2008). Content validity in the PROMIS social health domain: a Qualitative analysis of focus group data. Quality of Life Research, 17(5), 737-49. (PMCID: PMC2757448)

Christodoulou, C., Junghaenel, D. U., DeWalt, D. A., Rothrock, N., & Stone, A. A. (2008). Cognitive interviewing in the evaluation of fatigue items: Results from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS). Quality of Life Research, 17(10), 1239-46. (PMCID: PMC2938781)

Cook, K. F., Choi, S. W., Crane, P. K., Deyo, R. A., Johnson, K. L., & Amtmann, A. (2008). Letting the CAT out of the bag: Comparing computer adaptive tests and an 11-Item Short Form of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. Spine, 33(12), 1378-83. (PMCID: PMC2671199)

DeWalt, D. A., & Revicki, D. A. (2008, October). Expert commentary: Importance of patient-reported outcomes for quality improvement. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. Retrieved July 31, 2009, from http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/expert/commentary.aspx?file=PROMIS.inc. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Flynn, K.E., Dombeck, C.B., Morgan-DeWitt, E., Schulman, K.A., & Weinfurt, K.P. (2008). Using item banks to construct measures of patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: Investigator perceptions. Clinical Trials, 5(6), 575-86. (PMCID: PMC2662709)

Fries, J. F., Bruce, B., & Rose, M. (2008). Comparison of the Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index and the Short Form 36 physical functioning subscale using Rasch analysis: Comment on the article by Taylor and McPherson. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 59(4), 598-602. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Langer, M. M., Hill, C. D., Thissen, D., Burwinkle, T. M., Varni, J. W., & DeWalt, D. A. (2008). Item response theory detected differential item functioning between healthy and ill children in quality-of-life measures. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61, 268-276. (PMCID: PMC2262284)

McNeil, C. (2008). Quality of life researchers have new tool and new focus on measurement. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 100(4), 234-236. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Rose, M., Bjorner, J. B., Becker, J., Fries, J. F., & Ware, J. E. (2008). Evaluation of a preliminary physical function item bank supported the expected advantages of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61, 17-33. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Stone, A. A., Broderick, J. E., Schwartz, J. E., & Schwarz, N. (2008). Context effects in survey ratings of health, symptoms, and satisfaction. Medical Care, 46(7), 662-7. (PMCID: PMC2757262).

Teresi, J. A., Ramirez, M., Lai, J-S., & Silver, S. (2008). Occurrences and sources of differential Item Functioning (DIF) in patient-reported outcome measures: Description of DIF methods, and review of measures of depression, quality of life and general health. Psychology Science Quarterly, 50(4), 538-612. (PMCID: PMC2822361)

Walsh, T. R., Irwin, D. E., Meier, A., Varni, J. W., & DeWalt, D. A. (2008). The use of focus groups in the development of the PROMIS Pediatric Item Bank. Quality of Life Research, 17(5), 725-35. (PMCID: PMC2424212)

Ware, J. E. (2008). Improvements in short-form measures of health status: Introduction to a series. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61(1), 1-5. (PMCID: Not applicable)

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Year : 2007 (23)

Ader, D. (2007). Developing the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Medical Care, 45(5), S1-2. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Bjorner, J., Chang, P. K., Thissen, D., & Reeve, B. B. (2007). Developing tailored instruments: Item banking and computerized-adaptive assessment. Quality of Life Research, 16, S95-108. (NIHMSID: 166535, PMCID: Unavailable)

Cella, D., Yount, S., Rothrock, N., Gershon, R., Cook, K., Reeve, B., Ader, D., Fries, J. F., Bruce, B., Matthias, R., & on behalf of the PROMIS cooperative group. (2007). The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): Progress of an NIH Roadmap Cooperative Group during its first two years. Medical Care, 45(5), S3-11. (NIHMSID: 166544, PMCID: PMC2829758)

Cella, D., Gershon, R. C., Lai, J-S., & Choi, S. W. (2007). The future of outcomes measurement: Item banking, tailored short-forms, and computerized adaptive assessment. Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 133-41. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Chakravarty, E. F., Bjorner, J. B., & Fries, J. F. (2007). Improving patient reported outcomes using item response theory and computerized adaptive testing. Journal of Rheumatology, 34, 1426-31. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Chang, C-H. (2007). Patient-reported outcomes measurement and management with innovative methodologies and technologies. Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 157-66. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Crane, P. K., Gibbons, L. E., Ocepek-Welikson, K., Cook, K. F., Cella, D., Narasimhalu, K., Hays, R. D., & Teresi, J. A. (2007). A comparison of three sets of criteria for determining the presence of differential item functioning using ordinal logistic regression. Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 69-84. (PMCID: Unavailable)

DeWalt, D., Rothrock, N., Yount, S., Stone, A. A., & on behalf of the PROMIS cooperative group. (2007). Evaluation of item candidates: the PROMIS qualitative item review. Medical Care, 45(5), S12-21. (PMCID: PMC2810630)

Fries, J. F., & Bruce, B. (2007). The irreversible component of the disability index of the health assessment questionnaire: comment on article by Aletha et al. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 56(4), 1368-70. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Garcia, S. F., Cella, D., Clauser, S. B., Flynn, K. E., Lad, T., Lai, J. S., Reeve, B., Smith, A. W., Stone, A. A., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2007). Standardizing patient-reported outcomes assessment in cancer clinical trials: a PROMIS initiative. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(32), 5106-12. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Harniss, M., Amtmann, D., Cook, K., & Johnson, D. M. (2007). Considerations for developing interfaces for collecting patient-reported outcomes that allow the inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Medical Care, 45(5), S48-54.
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Hays, R. D., Liu, H., Spritzer, K., & Cella, D. (2007). Item response theory analyses of physical functioning items in the Medical Outcomes Study. Medical Care, 45(5), S32-8. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Hays, R. D., & Lipscomb, J. (2007). Next steps for use of item response theory in the assessment of health outcomes. Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 195-99. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Hill, C. D., Edwards, M. C., Thissen, D., Langer, M. M., Wirth, R. J., Burwinkle, T. M., & Varni, J. W. (2007). Practical issues in the application of item response theory: a Demonstration using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Medical Care, 45(5), S39-47. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Litcher-Kelly, L., Martino, S. A., Broderick, J. E., & Stone, A. A. (2007). A systematic review of measures used to assess chronic musculoskeletal pain in clinical and randomized controlled clinical trials. Journal of Pain, 8, 906-13. (PMCID: PMC2691574)

Reeve, B., Hays, R. D., Bjorner, J., Cook, K., Crane, P. K., Teresi, J. A., Thissen, D., Revicki, D. A., Weiss, D. J., Hambleton, R. K., Liu, H., Gershon, R., Reise, S. P., Lai, J. S., Cella, D., & on behalf of the PROMIS cooperative group. (2007). Psychometric evaluation and calibration of health-related quality of life item banks: Plans for the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Medical Care, 45(5), S22-31. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Reeve, B. B., Burke, L. B., Chiang, Y. P., Clauser, S. B., Colpe, L. J., Elias, J. W., Fleishman, J., Hohmann, A. A., Johnson-Taylor, W. L., Lawrence, W., Moy, C. S., Quatrano, L. A., Riley, W. T., Smothers, B. A., & Werner, E. M. (2007). Enhancing measurement in health outcomes research supported by Agencies within the US Department of Health and Human Services. Quality of Life Research, 16(Suppl 1), 175-86. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Revicki, D. A., & Sloan, J. (2007). Practical and philosophical issues surrounding a national item bank: if we build it will they come? Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 167-74. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Stone, A. A., & Broderick, J. E. (2007). Real-time data collection for pain: Appraisal and current status. Pain Medicine, 8(Suppl 3), S85-93. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Teresi, J. A., Ocepek-Welikson, K., Kleinman, M., Cook, K. F., Crane, P. K., Gibbons, L. E., Morales, L. S., Orlando-Edelen, M., Cella, D. (2007). Evaluating measurement equivalence using the item response theory log-likelihood ratio (IRTLR) method to assess differential item functioning (DIF): applications (with illustrations) to measures of physical functioning ability and general distress. Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 43-68. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Teresi, J. A., & Fleishman, J. A. (2007). Differential item functioning and health assessment. Quality of Life Research, 16(S1), 33-42. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Thissen, D., Reeve, B. B., Bjorner, J., & Chang, C. H. (2007). Methodological issues for building item banks and computerized-adaptive tests. Quality of Life Research, 16, S109-19. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Ware, J. E. (2007). The Patient-Reported Outcomes Information Measurement System (PROMIS) seeks to improve and standardize measures of five generic health-related QOL domains. Patient Reported Outcomes Newsletter, 38, 1-3. (PMCID: Not applicable)

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Year : 2006 (5)

Fries, J. F., Bruce, B., Bjorner, J., & Rose, M. (2006). More relevant, precise, and efficient items for assessment of physical function and disability: Moving beyond the classic instruments. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(Suppl. 3), iii16-iii21. (PMCID: PMC1798376)

Fries, J. F., Bruce, B., Ambrosini, D., Lingala, B., & Ware, J. (2006). Better assessment of disability outcomes: Item improvement is neglected but essential. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 54(Suppl. 9), S534. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Fries, J. F. (2006). The promise of the future, updated: Better outcome tools, greater relevance, more efficient study, lower research costs. Future Rheumatology, 1, 415-21. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Lai, J. S., Crane, P. K., & Cella, D. (2006). Factor analysis techniques for assessing sufficient unidimensionality of cancer-related fatigue. Quality of Life Research, 15, 1179-90. (PMCID: Unavailable)

Reeve, B. B. (2006). Special issues for building computerized-adaptive tests for measuring patient-reported outcomes: The NIH’s investment in new technology. Medical Care, 44(Suppl. 3), S198-204. (PMCID: Unavailable)

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Year : 2005 (4)

Bruce, B., & Fries, J. F. (2005). The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 23, S14-18. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Bruce, B., & Fries, J. F. (2005). The Arthritis, Rheumatism and Aging Medical Information System (ARAMIS) - Still young at 30 years. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 23, S163-167. (PMCID: Not applicable)

Cook, K. F., O'Malley, K. J., & Roddey, T. S. (2005). Dynamic assessment of health outcomes: Time to let the CAT out of the bag? Health Services Research, 40(5, Pt. 2), 1694-1711. (PMCID: PMC1361218)

Fries, J. F., Bruce, B., & Cella, D. (2005). The Promise of PROMIS: Using item response theory to improve assessment of patient-reported outcomes. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 23, S53-7. (PMCID: Not applicable)

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Year : 2004 (1)

Fries, J. F. (2004). New instruments for assessing disability: Not quite ready for prime time. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50, 3064-67. (PMCID: Unavailable)

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