Floor Effect of PROMIS Depression CAT Associated With Hasty Completion in Orthopaedic Surgery Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: In an orthopaedic surgery population that is given PROMIS CAT as part of routine practice, the Physical Function item bank had a normal performance, but there is a group of patients who hastily complete Depression questions producing a strong floor effect and calling into question the validity of those floor scores that indicate minimal depression.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II, diagnostic study.
PMID: 29419628 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - February 5, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Guattery JM, Dardas AZ, Kelly M, Chamberlain A, McAndrew C, Calfee RP Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research