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Table 5 Recommended short forms of the pain interference (11 items) and sleep disturbance (7 items) item banks for use in a RA population

From: Qualitative and psychometric approaches to evaluate the PROMIS pain interference and sleep disturbance item banks for use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Item number

Item (rated on a 5-item scale from “not at all” to “very much”)

PROMIS pain interference

 PAININ9

How much did pain interfere with your day to day activities?

 PAININ35

How much did pain interfere with your ability to make trips from home that kept you gone for more than 2 h?

 PAININ29

How often was pain so severe you could not think of anything else?

 PAININ20

How much did pain feel like a burden to you?

 PAININ56

How irritable did you feel because of pain?

 PAININ3

How much did pain interfere with your enjoyment of life?

 PAININ47

How often did pain prevent you from standing for more than 30 min?

 PAININ50

How often did pain prevent you from sitting for more than 30 min?

 PAININ54

How often did pain keep you from getting into a standing position?

 PAININ17

How much did pain interfere with your relationships with other people?

 PAININ31

How much did pain interfere with your ability to participate in social activities?

PROMIS sleep disturbance

 SLEEP108

My sleep was restless

 SLEEP115

I was satisfied with my sleep

 SLEEP44

I had difficulty falling asleep

 SLEEP71

I had trouble getting into a comfortable position to sleep

 SLEEP110

I got enough sleep

 SLEEP92

I woke up and had trouble falling back to sleep

 SLEEP109

My sleep quality was … a

  1. PROMIS Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
  2. aRated on a 5-item scale from “poor” to “very good”. PROMIS items© 2008–2021; reprinted with permission, David Cella