Table 4.
Characteristics of publications validating physical health CAT PROMIS domains by publication year (includes physical function, upper extremity, lower extremity)
| Variable | Publication year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| n | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 53 | 43 |
| Number of patients, median (IQR) | 334.5 (311–358) | 288 (288–288) | 147 (132–343) | 187 (187–187) | 108 (82–204) | 107 (84–726) | 231 (94–1969) | 173 (100–748) | 166 (115–259) |
| Subspecialty, n (%) | |||||||||
| Adult reconstruction | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 (17) | 1 (2) | 6 (14) |
| Foot and ankle | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 3 (38) | – | – | 1 (7) | 1 (4) | 5 (9) | 4 (9) |
| General orthopaedics | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 (17) | 5 (9) | 1 (2) |
| Hand and upper extremity | – | – | 2 (25) | 1 (100) | 2 (29) | 6 (40) | 4 (17) | 13 (25) | 12 (28) |
| Spine | – | – | 1 (13) | – | 1 (14) | 2 (13) | 5 (22) | 15 (28) | 11 (26) |
| Sports | – | – | 1 (13) | – | 1 (14) | 3 (20) | 3 (13) | 8 (15) | 8 (19) |
| Trauma | – | – | 1 (13) | – | 2 (29) | 1 (7) | 2 (9) | 4 (8) | – |
| Tumor | – | – | – | – | 1 (14) | 2 (13) | – | 2 (4) | 1 (2) |
| Study design, n (%) | |||||||||
| Case report or series | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (4) | – | 1 (2) |
| Cross sectional | – | – | – | – | 2 (29) | 2 (13) | 5 (22) | 6 (11) | 2 (5) |
| Prospective cohort | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 6 (75) | – | 4 (57) | 10 (67) | 12 (52) | 29 (55) | 10 (23) |
| Retrospective cohort | 1 (50) | – | 2 (25) | 1 (100) | 1 (14) | 3 (20) | 5 (22) | 18 (34) | 30 (70) |
| Level of evidence, n (%) | |||||||||
| I | – | – | 3 (38) | – | – | – | 2 (9) | 2 (4) | – |
| II | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 3 (38) | – | 4 (57) | 10 (67) | 12 (52) | 32 (60) | 14 (33) |
| III | 1 (50) | – | 2 (25) | 1 (100) | 3 (43) | 5 (33) | 8 (35) | 18 (34) | 27 (63) |
| IV | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (4) | 1 (2) | 2 (5) |
| PROMIS domains, n (% of specified publication year) | |||||||||
| Physical function | – | 1 (100) | 6 (75) | 1 (100) | 6 (86) | 13 (87) | 21 (91) | 50 (94) | 32 (74) |
| Upper extremity | – | – | 1 (13) | – | 2 (29) | 8 (53) | 5 (22) | 15 (28) | 15 (35) |
| Lower extremity | 2 (100) | – | 2 (25) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Validation method tested, n (%) | |||||||||
| Reliability | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 7 (88) | 1 (100) | 3 (43) | 3 (20) | 1 (4) | 8 (15) | 3 (7) |
| Responsiveness | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 8 (100) | 1 (100) | 2 (29) | 12 (80) | 13 (57) | 41 (77) | 30 (70) |
| Validity | |||||||||
| 1 validity criteria | 1 (50) | – | 2 (25) | – | 6 (86) | 7 (47) | 15 (65) | 28 (53) | 32 (74) |
| > 1 validity criterion | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 6 (75) | 1 (100) | 1 (14) | 3 (20) | 2 (9) | 9 (17) | 3 (7) |
IQR interquartile range, CAT computerized adaptive test