Table 3.
PROMIS severity categories by clinical subspecialty
| Foot and ankle | Hand | Neurosurgery | Orthopaedic oncology | Spine | Sports medicine | Total joint arthroplasty | Trauma | Total | |
| Physical health domains | |||||||||
| Physical function | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 29.6% | 40.5% | 16.2% | 32.3% | 15.7% | 29.1% | 16.6% | 11.3% | 24.9% |
| Mild | 22.9% | 20.7% | 13.1% | 11.3% | 15.0% | 22.1% | 20.0% | 8.3% | 19.5% |
| Moderate | 30.7% | 26.4% | 38.9% | 33.1% | 40.5% | 33.3% | 40.2% | 29.9% | 35.0% |
| Severe | 16.7% | 12.5% | 31.8% | 23.4% | 28.8% | 15.4% | 23.2% | 50.5% | 20.6% |
| Ability to participate in social roles | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 67.3% | 74.3% | 42.2% | 51.6% | 52.8% | 72.8% | 60.6% | 44.6% | 63.5% |
| Mild | 18.4% | 13.9% | 23.4% | 24.2% | 21.3% | 14.2% | 18.9% | 15.4% | 17.8% |
| Moderate | 11.5% | 9.6% | 24.9% | 20.0% | 19.5% | 10.3% | 16.1% | 24.6% | 14.4% |
| Severe | 2.9% | 2.2% | 9.5% | 4.2% | 6.4% | 2.7% | 4.4% | 15.4% | 4.3% |
| Pain interference | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 33.8% | 43.7% | 16.3% | 33.1% | 16.7% | 29.8% | 20.3% | 21.7% | 27.0% |
| Mild | 23.6% | 24.3% | 16.7% | 16.5% | 21.4% | 28.4% | 24.3% | 13.0% | 24.1% |
| Moderate | 39.4% | 28.8% | 59.7% | 46.3% | 55.8% | 38.0% | 49.0% | 55.4% | 44.1% |
| Severe | 3.2% | 3.3% | 7.4% | 4.1% | 6.2% | 3.7% | 6.5% | 9.8% | 4.8% |
| Fatigue | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 73.4% | 73.9% | 50.7% | 63.2% | 57.2% | 74.4% | 70.6% | 55.2% | 68.0% |
| Mild | 12.3% | 11.3% | 17.7% | 13.7% | 17.1% | 12.3% | 13.8% | 17.9% | 13.9% |
| Moderate | 12.0% | 12.2% | 24.6% | 20.0% | 21.8% | 11.0% | 13.2% | 20.9% | 15.1% |
| Severe | 2.3% | 2.7% | 7.0% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 6.0% | 3.1% |
| Sleep disturbance | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 74.3% | 71.5% | 54.3% | 67.2% | 58.0% | 69.0% | 64.8% | 55.3% | 66.0% |
| Mild | 13.7% | 14.1% | 17.5% | 18.0% | 18.1% | 14.4% | 16.0% | 13.8% | 15.5% |
| Moderate | 10.5% | 11.7% | 22.3% | 11.5% | 19.3% | 13.7% | 16.1% | 23.4% | 15.1% |
| Severe | 1.6% | 2.7% | 5.9% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 7.5% | 3.3% |
| Mental health domains | |||||||||
| Anxiety | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 74.6% | 71.6% | 59.7% | 55.8% | 62.0% | 73.4% | 72.5% | 60.6% | 69.6% |
| Mild | 14.0% | 14.8% | 16.2% | 22.1% | 17.2% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 16.7% | 15.4% |
| Moderate | 10.5% | 11.4% | 20.2% | 19.0% | 18.9% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 19.7% | 13.4% |
| Severe | 0.9% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 1.7% |
| Depression | |||||||||
| Within normal limits | 80.7% | 78.3% | 66.5% | 71.9% | 71.5% | 79.9% | 78.6% | 65.6% | 76.8% |
| Mild | 12.1% | 12.0% | 15.9% | 14.9% | 14.9% | 12.2% | 12.5% | 20.0% | 13.1% |
| Moderate | 6.5% | 8.2% | 15.2% | 12.4% | 12.3% | 7.3% | 8.0% | 12.2% | 9.1% |
| Severe | 0.6% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
PROMIS, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.