Calibration of the Spanish PROMIS Smoking Item Banks

Huang, Wenjing; Stucky, Brian D.; Edelen, Maria Orlando; Tucker, Joan S.; Shadel, William G.; Hansen, Mark; Cai, Li

doi:10.1093/ntr/ntw005

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“…Further, the item banks have been translated into Spanish and fielded to a large sample of Spanish-speaking adult smokers in the US. Results from analyses evaluating the psychometric properties of the translated item banks have recently been published (Huang, in press). Finally, we plan to continue to build the Smoking Assessment Toolkit by expanding it to be relevant for smokers in the process of quitting.…”

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Additional validity evidence for the PROMIS Smoking Assessment Toolkit

Edelen

Huang

Stucky

2016

Addictive Behaviors

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Introduction The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Smoking Initiative has developed six item banks for assessing smoking behaviors and biopsychosocial correlates of smoking among daily and nondaily adult cigarette smokers. This paper presents new validity evidence for the item banks including correlations of the item banks to the existing legacy measures of smoking (Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Questionnaire of Smoking Urges (QSU), and the Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM)). Methods Using data from a follow-up sample (N=491) and a community sample (N=369) of adult daily and nondaily smokers, we replicated the findings from Edelen et al. (2014a) and examined the correlations of legacy smoking measures with the new item bank scores. Results Preliminary validity findings were largely replicated with the new data. Correlations among the banks are moderate and bank score associations with measures of smoking behavior, quitting history, and other PROMIS measures follow expected patterns (e.g., nicotine dependence is most strongly associated with smoking quantity and time to first cigarette of the day; health and psychosocial expectancies are most related to quitting recency and interest). Correlations of bank scores with legacy measures are moderate to strong. The PROMIS nicotine dependence scores were most strongly associated with the legacy instruments. Conclusions These analyses provide strong evidence for the validity of the PROMIS Smoking item banks in two independent samples.

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Additional validity evidence for the PROMIS Smoking Assessment Toolkit

Edelen

Huang

Stucky

2016

Addictive Behaviors

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“…A number of calibration studies of PROMIS scales have been published (e.g., Huang et al, 2016; Irwin et al, 2010; Pilkonis et al, 2011; Tucker et al, 2014), and these calibrated PROMIS scales have been used in many subsequent studies. It is possible to perform item recalibration by collecting a new sample for the purpose of linking.…”

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Characterizing Sampling Variability for Item Response Theory Scale Scores in a Fixed-Parameter Calibrated Projection Design

Liu

2022

Applied Psychological Measurement

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A common practice of linking uses estimated item parameters to calculate projected scores. This procedure fails to account for the carry-over sampling variability. Neglecting sampling variability could consequently lead to understated uncertainty for Item Response Theory (IRT) scale scores. To address the issue, we apply a Multiple Imputation (MI) approach to adjust the Posterior Standard Deviations of IRT scale scores. The MI procedure involves drawing multiple sets of plausible values from an approximate sampling distribution of the estimated item parameters. When two scales to be linked were previously calibrated, item parameters can be fixed at their original published scales, and the latent variable means and covariances of the two scales can then be estimated conditional on the fixed item parameters. The conditional estimation procedure is a special case of Restricted Recalibration (RR), in which the asymptotic sampling distribution of estimated parameters follows from the general theory of pseudo Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation. We evaluate the combination of RR and MI by a simulation study to examine the impact of carry-over sampling variability under various simulation conditions. We also illustrate how to apply the proposed method to real data by revisiting Thissen et al. (2015).

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Measuring Nicotine Dependence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cigarillo Users

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Ishler

Albert

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Nicotine &Amp; Tobacco Research

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Introduction Current measures of nicotine dependence (ND) were developed and validated for cigarette smokers only, limiting their utility for other combustible tobacco users. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of a pool of new and adapted items to measure ND among cigarillo and multiple tobacco product users. Methods Items were drawn from the PROMIS Nicotine Dependence Item Bank which were adapted to be product neutral and new items were developed from a qualitative study of 60 adolescent and young adult cigarillo smokers. A total of 42 ND items were included in a web-based survey. Eligible participants were 14 to 28 year olds who smoked a minimum of 2 cigarillos per week. Analyses included confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory analysis, analysis of differential item functioning (DIF) and reliability. Ordinary least square regression was used to test the association of ND score with deciles of nicotine consumption. Results Among the 1089 participants, the median number of cigarillos smoked per week was 20; 54% of participants also smoked cigarettes. All PROMIS items and 8 of 10 new items met the IRT fit criteria. Two PROMIS items had non-ignorable DIF. The pool of 40 items had good score reliability for a range of 2 standard deviations. Twenty-, eight-, and four-item short forms showed similarly good measurement properties; each was positively associated with decile of nicotine consumption, p<.001; R 2 = 0.33. Conclusions This adapted bank of ND items is psychometrically sound and includes items that are product neutral, making it suitable for assessing ND among cigarillo and polytobacco users. Implications This study rigorously evaluates adapted items to measure ND among cigarillo and polytobacco users and reports the reliability initial evidence of validity of short form scores.

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Calibration of the Spanish PROMIS Smoking Item Banks

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Additional validity evidence for the PROMIS Smoking Assessment Toolkit

Additional validity evidence for the PROMIS Smoking Assessment Toolkit

Characterizing Sampling Variability for Item Response Theory Scale Scores in a Fixed-Parameter Calibrated Projection Design

Measuring Nicotine Dependence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cigarillo Users

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