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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Mar 9;73:112–118. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.039

Table 3.

Change in PROMIS Physical Function by General Health and Physical Function Anchors

Change in PROMIS Physical
Function by General Health
Anchor
Change in PROMIS Physical
Function by General Physical
Function Anchor
Subsample n SRM T-Score (SD) n SRM T-Score (SD)
BackPain
Better 51 0.64 4.5 (7.0) -- -- -- --
About the Same 95 0.49 3.1 (6.2) -- -- -- --
Worse 24 0.29 1.7 (5.8) -- -- -- --
Cancer
Better 85 0.42 2.3 (7.1) 74 0.44 2.5 (5.8)
About the Same 129 0.00 0.0 (5.6) 114 0.08 0.5 (5.9)
Worse 50 −0.22 −1.6 (5.6) 54 −0.77 −4.5 (5.7)
Chronic Heart Failure
Better 44 1.05 7.2 −(6.9) 43 1.20 7.8 −(6.5)
About the Same 0 -- -- -- 0 -- -- --
Worse 2 0.13 1.1 −(8.3) 3 −1.36 −4.3 −(3.2)
COPD - Exacerbation
Better 7 0.45 3.1 (6.9) 12 0.47 2.0 (4.2)
About the Same 14 0.12 0.5 (4.1) 19 0.30 1.1 (3.6)
Worse 13 0.15 0.7 (4.9) 12 −0.38 −2.6 (6.7)
COPD - Stable
Better 13 0.70 2.5 (3.5) 20 0.11 0.4 (3.4)
About the Same 40 0.02 0.1 (4.4) 31 0.07 0.3 (4.1)
Worse 14 −0.55 −1.5 (2.7) 18 0.02 0.1 (4.9)
Major Depressive Disorder
Better 43 0.30 3.2 (10.7) -- -- -- --
About the Same 113 0.03 0.2 (6.0) -- -- -- --
Worse 30 0.04 0.2 (6.0) -- -- -- --
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Better 61 0.21 0.9 (4.2) 56 0.29 1.3 (4.7)
About the Same 297 −0.12 −0.5 (3.9) 252 0.03 0.1 (3.8)
Worse 92 −0.19 −0.9 (4.9) 143 −0.46 −1.9 (4.2)

Subsample sizes in this table do not add up to the baseline sample (Table 1) due to missing PROMIS PF or anchor data at follow-up.

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease