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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2009 Aug 15;146(1-2):158–169. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.029

Table 4.

IRT Item Parameters and Fit Statistics for PROMIS Pain Behavior Items, Excluding Subjects with 0 or 1 Global Pain Responses: Pooled WAVE-1 and ACPA Data (N=9,589)

Slope1 Category Threshold1 Item Fit Statistics2

ID Item a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 S-G2 Prob_G2 S-X2 Prob_X2 df
PAINBE2 When I was in pain I became irritable 0.00 6.24 9.22 12.20 15.19 18.17 0.00 5.48 6.37 6.06 3.72 0.08 122.3 0.0008 113.1 0.0046 77
PAINBE3 When I was in pain I grimaced 0.00 6.70 9.11 11.52 13.92 16.33 0.00 5.91 6.58 6.36 4.02 0.17 97.18 0.0512 87.03 0.1820 76
PAINBE6 When I was in pain I would lie down 0.00 8.44 10.32 12.20 14.08 15.97 0.00 7.43 7.58 7.48 5.87 2.87 78.86 0.4514 70.70 0.7089 78
PAINBE8 When I was in pain I moved extremely
slowly
0.00 8.76 11.79 14.82 17.85 20.87 0.00 7.40 8.25 8.17 6.09 2.87 95.13 0.0583 89.76 0.1174 75
PAINBE9 When I was in pain I became angry 0.00 7.07 8.95 10.83 12.72 14.60 0.00 5.99 5.20 4.29 1.99 −1.35 138.1 0.0000 112.0 0.0023 73
PAINBE11 When I was in pain I clenched my teeth 0.00 5.37 6.72 8.08 9.43 10.79 0.00 5.35 4.36 4.04 2.53 0.19 134.2 0.0000 116.3 0.0016 75
PAINBE13 When I was in pain I tried to stay very still 0.00 5.77 7.23 8.68 10.14 11.59 0.00 5.45 5.22 5.17 3.70 0.89 179.8 0.0000 151.1 0.0000 80
PAINBE16 When I was in pain I appeared upset or
sad
0.00 6.24 9.77 13.30 16.83 20.35 0.00 6.17 6.34 5.35 2.38 −1.82 78.44 0.2821 74.10 0.4095 72
PAINBE17 When I was in pain I gasped 0.00 7.77 10.01 12.26 14.51 16.75 0.00 7.43 6.61 5.32 2.13 −2.74 65.11 0.7045 62.99 0.7667 72
PAINBE18 When I was in pain I asked for help doing
things that needed to be done
0.00 7.39 8.83 10.28 11.73 13.17 0.00 6.30 5.79 5.28 3.63 0.97 121.7 0.0009 96.56 0.0653 77
PAINBE21 When I was in pain it showed on my face
(squinching eyes, opening eyes wide, fro
0.00 5.99 9.84 13.70 17.55 21.40 0.00 5.87 6.97 6.51 3.81 −0.32 117.4 0.0013 111.1 0.0043 75
PAINBE22 Pain caused me to bend over while
walking
0.00 5.07 6.36 7.64 8.93 10.21 0.00 4.64 3.32 2.60 0.81 −1.78 136.3 0.0000 102.2 0.0137 73
PAINBE23 When I was in pain I asked one or more
people to leave me alone
0.00 5.66 7.15 8.64 10.13 11.62 0.00 5.41 4.10 3.32 1.53 −1.59 101.7 0.0150 81.67 0.2279 73
PAINBE24 When I was in pain I moved stiffly 0.00 5.91 7.71 9.51 11.32 13.12 0.00 5.54 6.17 6.60 5.41 3.39 97.31 0.0913 82.70 0.3960 80
PAINBE25 When I was in pain I called out for
someone to help me
0.00 6.37 7.96 9.54 11.12 12.70 0.00 5.77 4.17 2.64 −0.22 −3.53 103.0 0.0097 87.24 0.1066 72
PAINBE26 Pain caused me to curl up in a ball 0.00 7.46 9.32 11.17 13.02 14.87 0.00 7.17 5.41 4.16 1.54 −3.13 62.38 0.5691 49.05 0.9297 65
PAINBE27 I had pain so bad it made me cry 0.00 7.98 10.86 13.75 16.64 19.52 0.00 7.50 5.72 4.20 1.20 −4.30 44.75 0.9678 33.97 0.9993 64
PAINBE28 When I was in pain I squirmed 0.00 7.47 9.33 11.18 13.04 14.89 0.00 6.85 6.17 5.72 3.75 0.56 85.80 0.1850 79.95 0.3263 75
PAINBE29 When I was in pain I used a cane or
something else for support
0.00 7.03 8.06 9.10 10.13 11.17 0.00 6.17 4.20 3.59 2.27 1.21 99.45 0.0077 79.75 0.1560 68
PAINBE31 I limped because of pain 0.00 6.11 7.25 8.39 9.52 10.66 0.00 5.66 5.08 5.12 3.91 2.61 109.0 0.0144 99.89 0.0563 79
PAINBE32 When I was in pain I became quiet and
withdrawn
0.00 6.51 8.22 9.92 11.63 13.34 0.00 6.08 5.88 5.66 3.85 0.80 94.30 0.0878 86.55 0.2138 77
PAINBE33 When I was in pain I frowned 0.00 6.53 9.05 11.58 14.10 16.63 0.00 6.10 6.91 7.06 4.79 1.00 98.22 0.0441 80.82 0.3310 76
PAINBE34 When I was in pain I asked for help when
walking or changing positions
0.00 8.38 10.01 11.64 13.27 14.90 0.00 7.57 5.51 3.80 0.90 −8.52 58.40 0.7640 49.68 0.9441 67
PAINBE35 When I was in pain I groaned 0.00 6.78 8.38 9.97 11.56 13.16 0.00 6.56 6.15 5.41 3.32 0.17 83.52 0.2102 69.00 0.6427 74
PAINBE37 When I was in pain I isolated myself from
others
0.00 7.93 10.21 12.50 14.78 17.06 0.00 7.72 7.01 6.55 4.91 1.42 113.7 0.0010 96.24 0.0248 71
PAINBE38 When I was in pain I drew my knees up 0.00 6.64 7.74 8.85 9.95 11.05 0.00 6.02 4.45 3.99 1.70 −1.26 98.46 0.0172 77.04 0.2915 71
PAINBE39 When I was in pain I moaned, whined or
whimpered
0.00 7.21 9.45 11.69 13.93 16.17 0.00 6.71 5.86 4.50 1.84 −2.27 71.06 0.5092 56.33 0.9127 72
PAINBE40 When I was in pain I flung my arms or
limbs around
0.00 8.18 9.44 10.71 11.97 0.00 7.26 4.58 3.16 0.44 42.91 0.9619 41.89 0.9707 61
PAINBE41 When I was in pain I screamed 0.00 10.52 12.43 14.33 16.24 0.00 9.58 6.63 4.34 0.06 29.55 0.9986 30.85 0.9975 56
PAINBE42 When I was in pain my upper body would
tense up
0.00 8.13 9.83 11.54 13.25 14.95 0.00 7.33 6.79 6.74 5.37 3.16 96.54 0.0404 89.68 0.1035 74
PAINBE43 When I was in pain I walked carefully 0.00 5.88 7.50 9.11 10.73 12.35 0.00 5.13 5.32 5.78 4.85 3.54 114.2 0.0109 104.5 0.0477 82
PAINBE44 When I was in pain I bit or pursed my lips 0.00 5.63 7.00 8.37 9.74 11.11 0.00 5.32 4.37 3.83 2.19 −0.79 126.1 0.0002 102.7 0.0186 75
PAINBE45 When I was in pain I thrashed 0.00 6.16 7.56 8.97 10.37 11.78 0.00 5.85 3.98 2.70 0.25 −3.44 76.13 0.2084 63.48 0.5995 67
PAINBE46 When I was in pain I protected the part of
my body that hurt
0.00 7.68 9.12 10.57 12.01 13.46 0.00 6.76 6.93 7.37 6.37 4.69 120.9 0.0017 106.3 0.0220 79
PAINBE47 When I was in pain my body became stiff 0.00 8.68 10.03 11.38 12.73 14.08 0.00 7.93 7.36 7.48 6.25 4.13 71.21 0.6645 61.98 0.8933 77
PAINBE48 When I was in pain I clenched my jaw or
gritted my teeth
0.00 9.46 11.62 13.79 15.95 18.11 0.00 8.85 8.17 7.61 5.56 2.44 101.7 0.0121 87.38 0.1047 72
PAINBE49 When I was in pain I winced 0.00 6.36 8.69 11.02 13.36 15.69 0.00 5.89 6.55 6.63 4.57 0.87 106.6 0.0144 87.96 0.1846 77
PAINBE50 When I was in pain I moved my limbs
protectively
0.00 7.21 8.80 10.39 11.97 13.56 0.00 6.22 6.23 6.49 5.11 3.26 103.7 0.0388 91.12 0.1858 80
PAINBE51 When I was in pain I avoided physical
contact with others
0.00 7.61 9.83 12.06 14.28 16.50 0.00 6.92 6.28 5.60 3.94 0.96 89.19 0.1258 78.08 0.3812 75
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Using IRT software MULTILOG [25]

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Using SAS macros IRTFIT [1]

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Two highest response categories are collapsed for items 40, and 41