Table 3.
RA patient perceptions of relevance of PROMIS Fatigue short form items (N=32).
| Identifier | Question | Relevance
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| Very | Somewhat | Not at all | ||
| Fatigue 7a | How often… | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
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| FATEXP20 | …did you feel tired | 13 (81%) | 2 (13%) | 1 (6%) |
| FATEXP5 | …did you experience extreme exhaustion | 6 (38%) | 8 (50%) | 2 (13%) |
| FATEXP18 | …did you run out of energy | 10 (63%) | 5 (31%) | 1 (6%) |
| FATIMP33 | …did your fatigue limit you at work (include work at home) | 12 (75%) | 4 (25%) | 0 |
| FATIMP30 | …were you too tired to think clearly | 8 (50%) | 7 (44%) | 1 (6%) |
| FATIMP21 | …were you too tired to take a bath or shower | 7 (44%) | 5 (31%) | 4 (25%) |
| FATIMP40 | …did you have enough energy to exercise strenuously | 9 (56%) | 7 (44%) | 0 |
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| Proportion | 58% | 34% | 8% | |
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| Fatigue 8a | During/In the past 7 days… | |||
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| HI7 | …I feel fatigued | 10 (63%) | 4 (25%) | 2 (13%) |
| AN3 | …I have trouble starting things because I am tired | 11 (69%) | 3 (19%) | 2 (13%) |
| FATEXP41 | …how run down did you feel on average | 11 (69%) | 4 (25%) | 1 (6%) |
| FATEXP40 | …how fatigued were you on average | 11 (69%) | 4 (25%) | 1 (6%) |
| FATEXP35 | …how much were you bothered by your fatigue on average | 9 (56%) | 5 (31%) | 2 (13%) |
| FATIMP49 | …to what degree did fatigue interfere with your physical functioning | 13 (81%) | 0 | 3 (19%) |
| FATIMP3 | …how often did you have to push yourself to get things done because of your fatigue | 9 (56%) | 4 (25%) | 3 (19%) |
| FATIMP16 | …how often did you have trouble finishing things because of your fatigue | 9 (56%) | 3 (19%) | 4 (25%) |
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| Proportion | 65% | 21% | 14% | |