Ability of Patient-Reported Outcomes to Characterize Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) After Attending a Primary Care Physical Therapist and Medical Doctor Collaborative Service: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-13-2018

Publication Title

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

Keywords

Orthopedics; Pain interference; Patient reported outcome measure; Physical function; Rehabilitation; self-efficacy

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine if the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function, pain interference, self-efficacy, and global rating of normal function (GRNF) scales are able to accurately characterize a patient's acceptable symptom state (PASS).

DESIGN: A cross-sectional analysis, using receiver operator curves and chi-square analysis to explore criteria to determine thresholds (80% and 95% sensitivity/specificity) for PASS that are applicable to PROMIS and GRNF scales.

SETTING: Phone survey after primary care.

PARTICIPANTS: Patients (N=94) attending primary care for musculoskeletal problems.

INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable.

MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: Accuracy and proportion of patients classified as PASS Yes or No.

RESULTS: Receiver operator curve analysis showed significant area under the curve (AUC) values for each PROMIS scale (AUC>.72) and the GRNF rating (AUC=.74). Identified PROMIS thresholds suggested PASS was achieved when scores were at or slightly worse than the US population average. A score of ≥7 and ≤4 characterized patients that were PASS Yes and No, respectively, on the GRNF rating. A moderate (80%) specificity/sensitivity criteria yielded 72.3%-73.5% accuracy for a majority of participants (>69.9%).

CONCLUSION: This analysis suggests the PROMIS and GRNF scales are able to characterize PASS status with moderate accuracy (∼70%) for a large portion of patients (∼70%). New to this study is the association of self-efficacy with PASS status. PROMIS scales at or slightly worse than the US population average characterized PASS status.

Department

Physical Therapy

Department

Primary Care

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