Table 1.
Characteristics of all PROMIS publications by publication year
| Variable | Publication year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| n | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 52 | 117 | 153 |
| Number of patients, median (IQR) | 865 (865–865) | 334.5 (311–358) | 288 (288–288) | 140 (126–311) | 129 (49–151) | 93 (31–118) | 109 (74–300) | 161 (91–1027) | 172 (94–489) | 166 (86–351) |
| Subspecialty, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Adult reconstruction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 (17) | 12 (10) | 23 (15) |
| Foot and ankle | – | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 3 (33) | – | 3 (16) | 1 (4) | 2 (4) | 9 (8) | 22 (14) |
| General orthopaedics | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (4) | 5 (10) | 13 (11) | 11 (7) |
| Hand and upper extremity | – | – | – | 3 (33) | 7 (58) | 7 (37) | 8 (32) | 12 (23) | 28 (24) | 35 (23) |
| Spine | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 1 (8) | 1 (5) | 4 (16) | 8 (15) | 24 (21) | 30 (20) |
| Sports | – | – | – | 1 (11) | – | 2 (11) | 4 (16) | 7 (14) | 12 (10) | 17 (11) |
| Trauma | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 12 (17) | 3 (16) | 2 (8) | 7 (14) | 11 (9) | 11 (7) |
| Tumor | – | – | – | – | 12 (17) | 3 (16) | 5 (20) | 2 (4) | 8 (7) | 4 (3) |
| Publication type, n (%) | ||||||||||
| PROMIS validation | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 8 (89) | 3 (25) | 8 (42) | 16 (64) | 26 (50) | 59 (50) | 53 (35) |
| Patient outcomes | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 9 (75) | 11 (58) | 9 (36) | 26 (50) | 58 (50) | 100 (65) |
| Study design, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Case report or series | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 1 (8) | 2 (11) | – | 2 (4) | 5 (4) | 13 (9) |
| Cross sectional | – | – | – | – | 3 (25) | 3 (16) | 3 (12) | 11 (21) | 11 (9) | 8 (5) |
| Prospective cohort | 1 (100) | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 6 (67) | 3 (25) | 8 (42) | 12 (48) | 18 (35) | 36 (31) | 33 (22) |
| Retrospective cohort | – | – | – | – | 4 (33) | 6 (32) | 9 (36) | 17 (33) | 62 (53) | 92 (60) |
| Randomized controlled trial | – | 1 (50) | – | 2 (22) | 1 (8) | – | 1 (4) | 4 (8) | 3 (3) | 7 (5) |
| Level of evidence, n (%) | ||||||||||
| I | – | – | – | 3 (33) | 1 (8) | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | 6 (12) | 4 (3) | 6 (4) |
| II | 1 (100) | 1 (50) | – | 3 (33) | 2 (17) | 8 (42) | 12 (50) | 18 (35) | 43 (37) | 40 (26) |
| III | – | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 2 (22) | 5 (42) | 6 (32) | 10 (42) | 25 (48) | 56 (48) | 91 (59) |
| IV | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 4 (33) | 4 (21) | 1 (4) | 3 (6) | 14 (12) | 16 (11) |
| PROMIS format, n (%) | ||||||||||
| CAT | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (75) | 14 (74) | 20 (80) | 42 (81) | 92 (79) | 111 (73) |
| Short form | – | – | – | – | 3 (25) | 2 (11) | 6 (24) | 12 (23) | 26 (22) | 47 (31) |
| Format unknown | – | – | – | – | – | 3 (16) | – | – | 2 (2) | 1 (1) |
| PROMIS domains, n (% of specified publication year) | ||||||||||
| Global physical and mental health | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (11) | 2 (8) | 7 (14) | 10 (9) | 30 (20) |
| Physical function | 1 (100) | – | 1 (100) | 6 (67) | 7 (58) | 11 (58) | 16 (64) | 37 (71) | 83 (71) | 102 (67) |
| Upper extremity | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 1 (8) | 3 (16) | 11 (44) | 12 (23) | 33 (28) | 28 (18) |
| Lower extremity | – | 2 (100) | – | 2 (22) | – | – | 1 (4) | – | – | – |
| Pain interference | – | – | 1 (100) | 1 (11) | 7 (58) | 12 (63) | 14 (56) | 29 (56) | 65 (56) | 82 (54) |
| Pain intensity | – | – | – | – | 1 (8) | 3 (16) | 4 (16) | 4 (8) | 17 (15) | 18 (12) |
| Pain behavior | – | – | – | 1 (11) | 2 (17) | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | 1 (2) | 5 (4) | 2 (1) |
| Depression | – | – | – | – | 6 (50) | 6 (32) | 7 (28) | 16 (31) | 33 (28) | 51 (33) |
| Anxiety | – | – | – | – | 3 (25) | 1 (5) | 7 (28) | 6 (12) | 13 (11) | 18 (12) |
| Social satisfaction | – | – | – | – | 1 (8) | – | 3 (12) | 3 (6) | 6 (5) | 14 (9) |
| Fatigue | – | – | – | – | 1 (8) | – | 3 (12) | 3 (6) | 6 (5) | 11 (7) |
IQR interquartile range, CAT computerized adaptive test