The expansion and validation of a new upper extremity item bank for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS)

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 Sample demographics

Characteristic	Mean	SD
Age in Years	52.6	16.6
Characteristic	N	%
Gender
Male	5410	46.5
Female	6224	53.5
Race^a
Caucasian	9931	85.4
African-American	1094	9.4
Asian-American	167	1.4
Native American or Alaskan Native	318	3.0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	27	0.3
Other	57	3.6
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	10,572	91.1
Hispanic	1031	8.9
Education
Less than HS	368	3.2
HS or GED	1909	16.4
Some College, Technical, or Vocational	4170	35.9
Bachelor’s Degree	2944	25.3
Advanced Degree	2238	19.2

^aNote: Individuals were allowed to select more than one racial affiliation. The PF v2.0 online samples did not collect “Native American” or “Pacific Islander” and PF v1.0 did not collect “Other”