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Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2015 Jun 3;24(11):2591–2599. doi: 10.1007/s11136-015-1010-y

Table 3.

Construct Validity Among Health Status Measures

Measure Correlation, ra (95% Confidence Interval)
Baseline Follow-up Change
PROMIS Physical Function CAT
 KCCQ Physical Limitation 0.79 (0.70, 0.85) 0.77 (0.61, 0.88) 0.68 (0.48, 0.82)
 6-minute walk distance 0.67 (0.46, 0.80) 0.55 (0.15, 0.80) 0.47 (0.19, 0.66)
PROMIS Physical Function Short Form-10a
 KCCQ Physical Limitation 0.85 (0.75, 0.90) 0.75 (0.59, 0.88) 0.74 (0.55, 0.87)
PROMIS Fatigue CAT
 KCCQ Fatigue 05 0.74 (0.53, 0.84) 0.59 (0.33, 0.73) 0.70 (0.48, 0.81)
 KCCQ Fatigue 06 0.83 (0.57, 0.90) 0.59 (0.38, 0.75) 0.69 (0.49, 0.81)
 SF-36 Vitality 0.74 (0.53, 0.87) 0.78 (0.62, 0.87) 0.77 (0.61, 0.86)
 6-minute walk distance 0.59 (0.29, 0.78) 0.22 (0.14, 0.61) 0.45 (0.14, 0.68)
PROMIS Fatigue Short Form-7a
 KCCQ Fatigue 05 0.83 (0.69, 0.90) 0.55 (0.29, 0.72) 0.72 (0.52, 0.82)
 KCCQ Fatigue 06 0.84 (0.70, 0.91) 0.55 (0.30, 0.70) 0.63 (0.43, 0.76)
 SF-36 Vitality 0.77 (0.62, 0.87) 0.76 (0.61, 0.86) 0.76 (0.61, 0.85)
PROMIS Depression CAT
 PHQ-2 Depression 0.71 (0.50, 0.84) 0.21 (0.10, 0.56) 0.53 (0.24, 0.77)
PROMIS Depression Short Form-8a 0.63 (0.43, 0.75) 0.44 (0.16, 0.66) 0.53 (0.31, 0.71)
 PHQ-2 Depression 0.65 (0.45, 0.76) 0.42 (0.13, 0.64) 0.57 (0.34, 0.74)
PROMIS DSA CAT
 KCCQ Social Limitation 0.70 (0.51, 0.82) 0.69 (0.48, 0.82) 0.61 (0.44, 0.75)
PROMIS DSA Short Form-7a
 KCCQ Social Limitation 0.74 (0.61, 0.83) 0.63 (0.40, 0.78) 0.60 (0.43, 0.72)

Abbreviations: CAT, computerized adaptive test; DSA, Satisfaction With Discretionary Social Activities; KCCQ, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36.

a

From Pearson product moment correlation.