Table 1 Fatigue items administered, with a priori subdomains
From: Validity assessment of the PROMIS fatigue domain among people living with HIV
Item description | Subdomain |
|---|---|
PROMIS 7-item Fatigue Short Form | |
 How often did you feel tired? | Experience |
 How often did you run out of energy? | Experience |
 How often were you too tired to take a bath or shower? | Impact |
 How often did you experience extreme exhaustion? | Experience |
 How often did your fatigue limit you at work (including work at home)? | Impact |
 How often were you too tired to think clearly? | Impact |
 How often did you have enough energy to exercise strenuously? | Impact |
Other calibrated PROMIS items | |
 How often were you physically drained? | Experience |
 To what degree did you have to force yourself to get up and do things because of your fatigue? | Impact |
 How run-down did you feel on average? | Experience |
 How fatigued were you on average? | Experience |
Items calibrated in PROMIS but administered with different response optionsa | |
 How fatigued were you when your fatigue was at its worst? | Experience |
 To what degree did your fatigue interfere with your physical functioning? | Impact |
 I felt fatigued | Experience |
 I had trouble starting things because I was tired | Impact |
 How much were you bothered by your fatigue on average? | Experience |
Uncalibrated PROMIS items | |
 How often did you wake up feeling exhausted? | Experience |
 How often did you feel so exhausted that you stayed in bed all day? | Impact |
 How often were you too exhausted to take your medication? | Impact |
 How often were you so exhausted that you missed appointments? | Impact |
New items from qualitative interviews | |
 How often were you too exhausted to carry out your daily responsibilities? | Impact |
 How often did your body feel exhausted? | Experience |
 How often were you too exhausted to chew and swallow food? | Impact |
 How often were you too exhausted to concentrate? | Impact |