Table 5.

Item Stems of Items Flagged for DIF

	Measure
Sample	PROMIS Depression		BDI-II		PHQ-9		CES-D
	Item #	Stem	Item #	Stem	Item #	Stem	Item #	Stem
NIH Toolbox Calibration	46	I felt pessimistic	-	-	5	Poor appetite or overeating	17	I had crying spells
					8	Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual
PROMIS 1 Wave 1	4	I felt worthless	-	-	-	-	1	I was bothered by things that usually don’t bother me
	9	I felt that nothing could cheer me up					2	I did not feel like eating; my appetite was poor
	14	I felt that I was not as good as other people					10	I felt fearful
	22	I felt like a failure					15	People were unfriendly
							19	I felt that people disliked me
PROsetta Stone	17	I felt sad	9	[0 = I don’t have any thoughts of killing myself. 1 = I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out. 2 = I would like to kill myself. 3 = I would kill myself if I had the chance]	-	-	-	-
	26	I felt disappointed in myself
	36	I felt unhappy
	45	I felt that nothing was interesting

Note. – indicates that the measure was not administered in that sample. Item # refers to which items from each questionnaire were flagged for DIF. Item content is included in the response options for the BDI-II.