Huang Y, You J, Wang Q, Wen W, Yuan C. Trajectory and predictors of post-stroke depression among patients with newly diagnosed stroke: A prospective longitudinal study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2024 Oct 15:108092. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.108092. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39419243.

Huang et al. examined longitudinal trajectories of depression (measured using PROMIS Depression 8a) in 119 stroke patients with three time points of measurement (baseline, 3 months, and 6 months) after discharge from their initial stroke treatment. A linear growth curve model with two classes was selected: Class 1 (~40% of the sample) started out with moderate levels and decreased over time, and Class 2 (~60% of the sample) started out with high levels and increased over time. Membership in the Class 2 trajectory was associated with lower cognitive function but not social ability or physical function (all assessed using PROMIS measures).

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Aminpour E, Holzer KJ, Frumkin M, Rodebaugh TL, Jones C, Haroutounian S, Fritz BA. Preoperative predictors of acute postoperative anxiety and depression using ecological momentary assessments: a secondary analysis of a single-centre prospective observational study. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Oct 24:S0007-0912(24)00569-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.08.035. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39455306.

Aminpour et al. leveraged items from PROMIS anxiety and depression short forms for ecological momentary assessment (three time points of measurement daily). Specific items (versus the entire short forms) were used to increase feasibility of assessment. Dynamic structural equation modeling was used to examine person-level changes in anxiety and depression over the initial 30 days after major surgery. Worse preoperative PROMIS anxiety and depression scores (versus self-reported history of the condition) were more closely associated with worsening postoperative anxiety or depression.

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Becker SP, Burns GL, Montaño JJ, Servera M. Psychometric Examination of the PROMIS Parent Proxy Pediatric Sleep Measures from Early Childhood to Adolescence in a Nationally Representative Spanish Sample. Sleep. 2024 Sep 14:zsae215. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae215. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39276369.

The authors examined the psychometric properties of the PROMIS parent proxy pediatric sleep measures (sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment) in a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents aged 5-16 in Spain. Overall, the authors identified strong psychometric properties, including sex- and age-related invariance, and provided age-based norms.