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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Feb 27;73:119–127. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.036

Table 3.

Change in PROMIS Depression by General Health and Domain-Specific Anchors

PROMIS Depression Change by
General Health Anchor
PROMIS Depression Change by
Depression / Distress Anchor
Clinical Subgroup n SRM T-Score (SD) n SRM T-Score (SD)
Cancer
Better 51 −0.26 −1.3 (4.9) 70 −0.37a −2.1 (5.6)
About the Same 131 −0.17 −1.0 (5.6) 134 −0.13 −0.7 (5.4)
Worse 85 0.13 0.7 (5.3) 38 0.72a 3.0 (4.2)
Chronic Heart Failure
Better 44 −0.61a −6.9 (11.3) 32 −0.71a −8.6 (12.1)
About the Same 0 -- -- -- 12 −0.34a −2.6 (7.5)
Worse 2 −0.23 −2.3 (10.1) 1 -- 4.8 --
COPD - Exacerbation
Better 7 −0.30a −2.6 (8.6) 14 −0.94a −7.2 (7.6)
About the Same 14 0.18 2.1 (11.6) 22 −0.05 −0.4 (7.0)
Worse 13 −0.29 −1.8 (6.4) 7 0.36a 4.8 (13.4)
COPD - Stable
Better 13 −0.53a −4.1 (7.9) 18 −0.53a −4.1 (7.6)
About the Same 40 −0.29 −1.9 (6.3) 38 −0.38a −2.3 (6.0)
Worse 14 0.14 1.1 (8.1) 14 0.55a 3.7 (6.7)
Major Depressive Disorder
Better 43 −1.08a −9.7 (9.0) 155 −0.99a −8.5 (8.5)
About the Same 113 −0.80a −6.7 (8.4) 17 0.14 0.8 (5.5)
Worse 30 −0.28 −2.3 (8.3) 15 0.32a 1.8 (5.6)
Back Pain
Better 51 −0.46a −3.4 (7.4) -- -- -- --
About the Same 95 −0.32a −2.4 (7.5) -- -- -- --
Worse 24 −0.10 −0.7 (7.0) -- -- -- --

For each clinical sample, the sum of the three change groups is smaller than the enrolled sample, due to missing instrument and anchor data at follow-up. We list here the percentage of the total change group relative to the enrolled sample, with the general health anchor followed by domain-specific health groups: COPD –Exacerbation (74%, 93%), COPD-Stable (85%, 89%), Back Pain (78%, NA), Depression (95%, 95%), CHF (77%, 75%), and Cancer (86%, 78%).

a

SRM ≥ 0.30

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease