Validation

An initial psychometric evaluation of the German PROMIS v1.2 Physical Function item bank in patients with a wide range of health conditions

**Objectives:** To translate the PROMIS Physical Function (PF) item bank version 1.2 into German and to investigate psychometric properties of resulting full bank and seven derived short forms. **Design:** Cross-sectional psychometric study. …

Measurement invariance and general population reference values of the PROMIS Profile 29 in the UK, France and Germany

**Purpose:** Comparability of patient-reported outcome measures over different languages is essential to allow cross-national research. We investigate the comparability of the PROMIS Profile 29, a generic health-related quality of life measure, in …

Varying the item format improved the range of measurement in patient-reported outcome measures assessing physical function

The novel 10-item asthma prediction tool: external validation in the german MAS birth cohort.

BACKGROUND: A novel non-invasive asthma prediction tool from the Leicester Cohort, UK, forecasts asthma at age 8 years based on 10 predictors assessed in early childhood, including current respiratory symptoms, eczema, and parental history of asthma. …

[Retest-Reliability and Sensitivity to Change of the ICD-10-Symptom-Rating (ISR) in Different Samples]

Assessment of the retest-reliability and sensitivity to change of the ICD-10-Symptom-Rating (ISR) is provided. The ISR was filled out repeatedly by a non-clinical as well as different samples of psychosomatic patients. Between the two measurements …

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the ICD-10-Symptom-Rating (ISR) in samples of psychosomatic patients.

The ICD-10-Symptom-Rating (ISR) is a self-rating questionnaire for patients. According to its conceptualization, the instrument was developed to closely represent the syndrome structure of the ICD-10 while assessing the extent of psychological …