Search Results - "Karen L. Spritzer"

Development of Physical and Mental Health Summary Scores from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Global Items by Hays, Ron D., Bjorner, Jakob B., Revicki, Dennis A., Spritzer, Karen L., Cella, David

“…Background The use of global health items permits an efficient way of gathering general perceptions of health. These items provide useful summary information…”
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Two-item PROMIS® global physical and mental health scales by Hays, Ron D., Schalet, Benjamin D., Spritzer, Karen L., Cella, David

“…Background Self-reports of health provide useful information about function and well-being that can improve communication between patients and clinicians…”
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Upper-Extremity and Mobility Subdomains From the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Adult Physical Functioning Item Bank by Hays, Ron D., PhD, Spritzer, Karen L., BS, Amtmann, Dagmar, PhD, Lai, Jin-Shei, PhD, DeWitt, Esi Morgan, MD, Rothrock, Nan, PhD, DeWalt, Darren A., MD, Riley, William T., PhD, Fries, James F., MD, Krishnan, Eswar, MD

“…Abstract Objective To create upper-extremity and mobility subdomain scores from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical…”
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Development and Psychometric Assessment of a Multidimensional Measure of Internalized HIV Stigma in a Sample of HIV-positive Adults by Sayles, Jennifer N., Hays, Ron D., Sarkisian, Catherine A., Mahajan, Anish P., Spritzer, Karen L., Cunningham, William E.

“…There is a need for a psychometrically sound measure of the stigma experienced by diverse persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). The goal of this study was to…”
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PROMIS®-29 v2.0 profile physical and mental health summary scores by Hays, Ron D., Spritzer, Karen L., Schalet, Benjamin D., Cella, David

“…Purpose The PROMIS-29 v2.0 profile assesses pain intensity using a single 0-10 numeric rating item and seven health domains (physical function, fatigue, pain…”
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U.S. General Population Estimate for “Excellent” to “Poor” Self-Rated Health Item by Hays, Ron D., Spritzer, Karen L., Thompson, William W., Cella, David

“…Background The most commonly used self-reported health question asks people to rate their general health from excellent to poor . This is one of the…”
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Responsiveness of PROMIS® to change in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Yount, Susan E., Atwood, Charles, Donohue, James, Hays, Ron D., Irwin, Debra, Leidy, Nancy Kline, Liu, Honghu, Spritzer, Karen L., DeWalt, Darren A.

“…Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic disease characterized by airflow obstruction that leads to shortness of breath…”
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Health-related quality of life, depressive symptoms, anemia, and malnutrition at hemodialysis initiation by Walters, Brian A.J., Hays, Ron D., Spritzer, Karen L., Fridman, Moshe, Carter, William B.

“…Background and Methods: We administered the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) short form and a three-item depression screening measure derived from the…”
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Responsiveness and minimally important difference for the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) 20-item physical functioning short form in a prospective observational study of rheumatoid arthritis by Hays, Ron D, Spritzer, Karen L, Fries, James F, Krishnan, Eswar

“…To estimate responsiveness (sensitivity to change) and minimally important difference (MID) for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System…”
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Effects of Mode and Order of Administration on Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Scores by Hays, Ron D., PhD, Kim, Seongeun, MA, Spritzer, Karen L., BA, Kaplan, Robert M., PhD, Tally, Steve, PhD, Feeny, David, PhD, Liu, Honghu, PhD, Fryback, Dennis G., PhD

“…ABSTRACT Objective We evaluate the effects of mode and order of administration on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores. Method We analyzed HRQOL data…”
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Psychometric properties of the National Eye Institute-Refractive Error Quality of Life instrument by Hays, Ron D, Mangione, Carol M, Ellwein, Leon, Lindblad, Anne S, Spritzer, Karen L, McDonnell, Peter J

“…To estimate the psychometric properties of a vision-targeted measure of health-related quality of life, the National Eye Institute-Refractive Error Quality of…”
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Experiences With Chiropractic Care for Patients With Low Back or Neck Pain by Hays, Ron D, Sherbourne, Cathy D, Spritzer, Karen L, Hilton, Lara G, Ryan, Gery W, Coulter, Ian D, Herman, Patricia M

“…Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are the second leading cause of disability worldwide. Objective: Examine experiences of chiropractic patients in the…”
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Responsiveness of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life instrument to surgical correction of refractive error by McDonnell, Peter J, Mangione, Carol, Lee, Paul, Lindblad, Anne S, Spritzer, Karen L, Berry, Sandy, Hays, Ron D

“…Refractive error and the means by which it is corrected may impact substantially on quality of vision and health-related quality of life in ways not captured…”
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Using Item Response Theory to Identify Responders to Treatment: Examples with the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Physical Function Scale and Emotional Distress Composite by Hays, Ron D., Spritzer, Karen L., Reise, Steven P.

“…The reliable change index has been used to evaluate the significance of individual change in health-related quality of life. We estimate reliable change for…”
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Alternative Approaches to Addressing Non-Normal Distributions in the Application of IRT Models to Personality Measures by Reise, Steven P., Rodriguez, Anthony, Spritzer, Karen L., Hays, Ron D.

“…It is generally assumed that the latent trait is normally distributed in the population when estimating logistic item response theory (IRT) model parameters…”
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Seeing the Light in Self-Reported Glare by Johnston, Elisha, Reise, Steven P., Spritzer, Karen L., Hays, Ron D.

“…We conducted a secondary analysis to evaluate two glare items versus a composite score from the two items in a sample of 544 patients (38% women;…”
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Using Linear Equating to Map PROMIS® Global Health Items and the PROMIS-29 V2.0 Profile Measure to the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 by Hays, Ron D., Revicki, Dennis A., Feeny, David, Fayers, Peter, Spritzer, Karen L., Cella, David

“…Background Preference-based health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) scores are useful as outcome measures in clinical studies, for monitoring the health of…”
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Group and Individual-level Change on Health-related Quality of Life in Chiropractic Patients With Chronic Low Back or Neck Pain by Hays, Ron D., Spritzer, Karen L., Sherbourne, Cathy D., Ryan, Gery W., Coulter, Ian D.

“…STUDY DESIGN.A prospective observational study. OBJECTIVE.The aim of this study was to evaluate group-level and individual-level change in health-related…”
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Applying the Toxicity Index to Patient-Reported Symptom Data: An Example Using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Colorectal Cancer–Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire by Hays, Ron D., Ganz, Patricia A., Spritzer, Karen L., Rogatko, André

“…The toxicity index (TI) is a summary index that accounts for toxicity grades associated with cancer symptoms that is more sensitive than other toxicity systems…”
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Health‐related quality of life outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer in NRG Oncology/NSABP R‐04 by Ganz, Patricia A., Hays, Ron D., Spritzer, Karen L., Rogatko, André, Ko, Clifford Y., Colangelo, Linda H., Arora, Amit, Hopkins, Judith O., Evans, Terry L., Yothers, Greg

“…Background There has been limited evaluation of health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in rectal cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. HRQOL…”
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