Pearls and pitfalls of PROMIS clinically significant outcomes in orthopaedic surgery.
Ron GilatIlan Y MitchnikSumit PatelJeremy A DubinGabriel AgarEran TamirDror LindnerYiftah BeerPublished in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2023)
PROMIS CSOs are increasingly utilized, especially for lower extremity procedures assessing the PF, PI, and D domains using distribution-based MCID. Using more conservative anchor-based MCIDs and reporting MDCs may strengthen results. Researchers should consider unique pearls and pitfalls when assessing PROMIS CSOs.