Table 2.
Results of testing measurement invariance of the pain behavior items across PROMIS Wave 1 and ACPA using MG-CFA
Measurement invariance models | Overall fit indices | Comparative fit indices | |||||||||
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χ2 | df | CFI | TLI | RMSEA | RMSEA 90 % CI | Model comparison | Δ χ2 | Δdf | p | ΔCFI | |
1. Configural | 3,453.968 | 648 | 0.904 | 0.896 | 0.086 | 0.083–0.089 | 1 versus 2 | 428.170 | 27 | <.01 | Δ 0.00 |
2. Metric | 3,486.512 | 675 | 0.904 | 0.900 | 0.084 | 0.081–0.087 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
3. Scalar | 9,085.440 | 771 | 0.716 | 0.742 | 0.135 | 0.133–0.138 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Measurement invariance tests included 27 items after deleing PB2, PB9, PB16, PB23, PB24, PB29, PB31, PB43, and PB53 items from the initial 36 items CFI comparative fit index, TLI Tucker–Lewis index, RMSEA root mean square error of approximation, CI confidence interval, n.a. not applicable