PROMIS Depression (Emotional Distress - Depression item bank).

PROMIS-Depression

What it measures

Negative mood, decreased positive affect, low self-views and social-cognition aspects of depression; deliberately excludes somatic items (to be HRQoL-comparable); IRT-calibrated on a T-score (mean 50, SD 10) metric

Length and format

28-item adult bank; 4-, 6-, 8-item nested short forms; CAT. 5-point frequency (never to always); IRT-scored T-score (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages via FACIT/PROMIS translation methodology incl. ES, DE, NL, ZH, KO and others (DIF-tested cross-language)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Pilkonis, P. A., Choi, S. W., Reise, S. P., et al. (2011). Item banks for measuring emotional distress from PROMIS: depression, anxiety, and anger. Assessment, 18(3), 263-283.