David Thissen

PROMIS-related Publications

Irwin, D.E., Stucky, B.D., Langer, M.M., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E.M., Lai, J-S, Yeatts, K.B., Varni, J.W., and DeWalt, D.A. (in press). PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale: An item response theory analysis. Quality of Life Research.

Thissen, D., Varni, J.W., Stucky, B.D., Liu, Y., Irwin, D.E., & DeWalt, D.A. (in press). Using the PedsQL™ 3.0 Asthma Module to Obtain Scores Comparable with those of the PROMIS Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS). Quality of Life Research.

DeWitt, E.M., Stucky, B.D., Thissen, D., Irwin, D.E., Langer, M.,Varni, J.W., Lai, J-S, Yeatts, K.B., DeWalt, D.A. (in press). Construction of the eight item PROMIS Pediatric Physical Function Scales: Built using item response theory. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

Varni, J., Stucky, B.D., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E.M., Irwin, D., Lai, J.S.,Yeatts, K., & DeWalt, D.A. (2010). PROMIS Pediatric Pain Interference Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Pediatric Pain Item Bank. Journal of Pain, 11, 1109-1119

Irwin, D., Stucky, B.D., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E.M., Lai, J.S., Yeatts, K., Varni, J., & DeWalt, D.A. (2010). An item response analysis of the Pediatric PROMIS Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Scales. Quality of Life Research, 19, 595-607.

Irwin, D.E., Stucky, B.D., Thissen, D., DeWitt, E.M., Lai, J.S.,Yeatts, K., Varni, J.W., DeWalt, D.A. (2010). Sampling plan and patient characteristics of the PROMIS pediatrics large-scale survey. Quality of Life Research, 19, 585-594.

Yeatts, K., Stucky, B.D., Thissen, D., Irwin, D., Varni, J., DeWitt, E.M., Lai, J.S., & DeWalt, D.A. (2010). Construction of the Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS) for the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Journal of Asthma, 47, 295-302.

Thissen, D. (2009). The MEDPRO project: An SBIR project for a comprehensive IRT and CAT software system—IRT software. In D. J. Weiss (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2009 GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing. At www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/CATCentral/.

Langer, M.M., Hill, C.D., Thissen, D., Burwinkle, T.M., Varni, J.W., & DeWalt, D.A. (2008). Item response theory detects differential item functioning between healthy and ill children in QoL measures. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61, 268-276.

Bjorner, J.B., & Chang, C.-H., Thissen, D., Reeve, B.B. (2007). Developing tailored instruments: item banking and computerized adaptive assessment. Quality of Life Research, 16, 95-108.

Thissen, D., Reeve, B.B., Bjorner, J.B., & Chang, C.-H. (2007). Methodological issues for building item banks and computerized adaptive scales. Quality of Life Research, 16, 109-116.

Hill, C.D., Edwards, M.C., Thissen, D., Langer, M.M., Wirth, R.J., Burwinkle, T.M., & Varni, J.W. (2007). Practical issues in the application of item response theory: A demonstration using items from the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventoryª (PedsQLª) 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Medical Care, 45, S39-47.

Reeve, B.B., Hays, R.D, Bjorner, J.B., Cook K.F., Crane, P.K., Teresi, J.A., Thissen, D., Revicki, D.A., Weiss, D.J., Hambleton, R.K., Liu, H., Gershon, R., Reise, S.P., & Cella, D (2007). Psychometric evaluation and calibration of health-related quality of life items banks: Plans for the patient-reported outcome measurement information system (PROMIS). Medical Care, 45, S22-31.