Skip to main content
. 2022 Jun 25;31(12):3447–3458. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03171-6

Table 2.

PROMIS-29 mean T-scores per domain, and the percentage participants having the maximum and minimum score, for the complete sample and samples with and without chronic diseases

Physical function Ability to participate in social roles and activities Anxiety Depression Fatigue Sleep disturbance Pain interference Pain intensitya
Complete sample (n = 63,602)
 Mean T-score (SD) 52.9 (6.7) 55.1 (8.0) 48.0 (8.2) 45.9 (7.2) 45.3 (9.4) 46.8 (7.0) 47.7 (8.1) 1.8 (2.3)
 Maximum score % 68.5 34.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1
 Minimum score % 0.1 0.3 46.3 64.6 28.4 3.4 59.7 43.0
Without chronic diseases (n = 39,146)
 Mean T-score (SD) 54.7 (5.0) 56.2 (7.5) 47.4 (7.9) 45.3 (6.8) 44.0 (8.8) 46.1 (6.6) 45.8 (6.8) 1.4 (1.9)
 Maximum score % 79.6 38.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
 Minimum score % 0.1 0.1 48.9 67.9 32.1 3.8 69.3 51.1
With chronic diseases (n = 24,456)
 Mean T-score (SD) 50.0 (8.0) 53.4 (8.5) 49.0 (8.6) 46.8 (7.8) 47.4 (10.0) 47.9 (7.3) 50.6 (9.0) 2.6 (2.5)
 Cardiovascular disease (n = 4,043) 48.6 (8.5) 53.4 (8.6) 48.5 (8.3) 46.4 (7.5) 47.6 (9.7) 47.4 (7.3) 50.6 (9.2) 2.6 (2.6)
 Diabetes (n = 2,319) 48.7 (8.8) 53.7 (8.8) 48.3 (8.5) 46.9 (7.8) 47.2 (10.3) 47.7 (7.5) 51.2 (9.5) 2.8 (2.6)
 COPD (n = 2,279) 48.1 (8.7) 52.7 (8.8) 49.0 (8.8) 47.1 (8.1) 48.4 (10.2) 48.1 (7.6) 50.9 (9.3) 2.7 (2.6)
High blood pressure (n = 8,570)
 Other (n = 13,043) 50.5 (7.9) 54.5 (8.2) 48.5 (8.4) 48.5 (8.4) 45.9 (9.6) 47.5 (7.1) 49.9 (8.8) 2.4 (2.5)
49.0 (8.3) 51.9 (8.7) 49.9 (8.8)

46.2 (7.4)

47.7 (8.2)

49.4 (10.2) 48.7 (7.4) 52.3 (9.3) 3.1 (2.6)
 Maximum score % 50.6 27.4 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.1
 Minimum score % 0.3 0.5 42.0 59.1 22.5 2.9 44.3 29.8

T-scores: higher scores represent more of the underlying construct; please note that these are not Dutch reference scores, as the sample was not representative for the general Dutch population

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, SD standard deviation

aPain intensity is not a T-score but a 0–10 numeric rating scale