Determining validity, discriminant ability, responsiveness, and minimal clinically important differences for PROMIS in adult spinal deformity

CONCLUSIONS: PROMIS is a valid assessment of patient health, can discriminate between disease severity levels, and shows responsiveness to changes after ASD surgery. The MCIDs provided herein may help clinicians interpret postoperative changes in PROMIS scores, taking into account the fact that they are pending external validation.PMID:33607619 | DOI:10.3171/2020.8.SPINE191551

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - February 19, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Alvaro Ibaseta Rafa Rahman Nicholas S Andrade Richard L Skolasky Khaled M Kebaish Daniel M Sciubba Brian J Neuman Source Type: research