Table 1 Characteristics of all PROMIS publications by publication year

n

1

2

1

9

12

19

25

52

117

153

Number of patients, median (IQR)

865 (865–865)

334.5 (311–358)

288 (288–288)

140 (126–311)

129 (49–151)

93 (31–118)

109 (74–300)

161 (91–1027)

172 (94–489)

166 (86–351)

Subspecialty, n (%)

Adult reconstruction

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9 (17)

12 (10)

23 (15)

Foot and ankle

–

2 (100)

1 (100)

3 (33)

–

3 (16)

1 (4)

2 (4)

9 (8)

22 (14)

General orthopaedics

1 (100)

–

–

–

–

–

1 (4)

5 (10)

13 (11)

11 (7)

Hand and upper extremity

–

–

–

3 (33)

7 (58)

7 (37)

8 (32)

12 (23)

28 (24)

35 (23)

Spine

–

–

–

1 (11)

1 (8)

1 (5)

4 (16)

8 (15)

24 (21)

30 (20)

Sports

–

–

–

1 (11)

–

2 (11)

4 (16)

7 (14)

12 (10)

17 (11)

Trauma

–

–

–

1 (11)

12 (17)

3 (16)

2 (8)

7 (14)

11 (9)

11 (7)

Tumor

–

–

–

–

12 (17)

3 (16)

5 (20)

2 (4)

8 (7)

4 (3)

Publication type, n (%)

PROMIS validation

1 (100)

2 (100)

1 (100)

8 (89)

3 (25)

8 (42)

16 (64)

26 (50)

59 (50)

53 (35)

Patient outcomes

–

–

–

1 (11)

9 (75)

11 (58)

9 (36)

26 (50)

58 (50)

100 (65)

Study design, n (%)

Case report or series

–

–

–

1 (11)

1 (8)

2 (11)

–

2 (4)

5 (4)

13 (9)

Cross sectional

–

–

–

–

3 (25)

3 (16)

3 (12)

11 (21)

11 (9)

8 (5)

Prospective cohort

1 (100)

1 (50)

1 (100)

6 (67)

3 (25)

8 (42)

12 (48)

18 (35)

36 (31)

33 (22)

Retrospective cohort

–

–

–

–

4 (33)

6 (32)

9 (36)

17 (33)

62 (53)

92 (60)

Randomized controlled trial

–

1 (50)

–

2 (22)

1 (8)

–

1 (4)

4 (8)

3 (3)

7 (5)

Level of evidence, n (%)

I

–

–

–

3 (33)

1 (8)

1 (5)

1 (4)

6 (12)

4 (3)

6 (4)

II

1 (100)

1 (50)

–

3 (33)

2 (17)

8 (42)

12 (50)

18 (35)

43 (37)

40 (26)

III

–

1 (50)

1 (100)

2 (22)

5 (42)

6 (32)

10 (42)

25 (48)

56 (48)

91 (59)

IV

–

–

–

1 (11)

4 (33)

4 (21)

1 (4)

3 (6)

14 (12)

16 (11)

PROMIS format, n (%)

CAT

1 (100)

2 (100)

1 (100)

9 (100)

9 (75)

14 (74)

20 (80)

42 (81)

92 (79)

111 (73)

Short form

–

–

–

–

3 (25)

2 (11)

6 (24)

12 (23)

26 (22)

47 (31)

Format unknown

–

–

–

–

–

3 (16)

–

–

2 (2)

1 (1)

PROMIS domains, n (% of specified publication year)

Global physical and mental health

–

–

–

–

–

2 (11)

2 (8)

7 (14)

10 (9)

30 (20)

Physical function

1 (100)

–

1 (100)

6 (67)

7 (58)

11 (58)

16 (64)

37 (71)

83 (71)

102 (67)

Upper extremity

–

–

–

1 (11)

1 (8)

3 (16)

11 (44)

12 (23)

33 (28)

28 (18)

Lower extremity

–

2 (100)

–

2 (22)

–

–

1 (4)

–

–

–

Pain interference

–

–

1 (100)

1 (11)

7 (58)

12 (63)

14 (56)

29 (56)

65 (56)

82 (54)

Pain intensity

–

–

–

–

1 (8)

3 (16)

4 (16)

4 (8)

17 (15)

18 (12)

Pain behavior

–

–

–

1 (11)

2 (17)

1 (5)

1 (4)

1 (2)

5 (4)

2 (1)

Depression

–

–

–

–

6 (50)

6 (32)

7 (28)

16 (31)

33 (28)

51 (33)

Anxiety

–

–

–

–

3 (25)

1 (5)

7 (28)

6 (12)

13 (11)

18 (12)

Social satisfaction

–

–

–

–

1 (8)

–

3 (12)

3 (6)

6 (5)

14 (9)

Fatigue

–

–

–

–

1 (8)

–

3 (12)

3 (6)

6 (5)

11 (7)