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• Frequently Used Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures of General Physical Function Were Highly Correlated With a Multi-Task Performance Outcome (PerfO) Test Battery
• A modified version of the Transactional Stress Concept according to Lazarus and Folkman was confirmed in a psychosomatic inpatient sample
• Applying Item Response Theory to the OPD Structure Questionnaire: Identification of a Unidimensional Core Construct and Feasibility of Computer Adaptive Testing
• A Step Towards a Better Understanding of Pain Phenotypes: Latent Class Analysis in Chronic Pain Patients Receiving Multimodal Inpatient Treatment
• Normative data for the EORTC QLQ-C30 from the Austrian general population
• Updated EORTC QLQ-C30 general population norm data for Germany
• Using subdomain-specific item sets affected PROMIS physical function scores differently in cardiology and rheumatology patients
• Evaluation of Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the 12-Item Short Version of the OPD Structure Questionnaire (OPD-SQS) in Psychosomatic Patients
• A 67-Item Stress Resilience item bank showing high content validity was developed in a psychosomatic sample
• An initial psychometric evaluation of the German PROMIS v1.2 Physical Function item bank in patients with a wide range of health conditions
• Empirische Erfassung subjektiver Gesundheitsmerkmale am Beispiel der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität
• Varying the item format improved the range of measurement in patient-reported outcome measures assessing physical function
• Language-related Differential Item Functioning between English and German PROMIS Depression Items is negligible
• Using PHQ-9 item parameters of a common metric resulted in similar depression scores compared to independent IRT model reestimation