Patient_Reported_Outcome_Measures_in_Rheumatic_Diseases

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ICAF SCORING SHEET

Physical Active coping

Direct score

(1+2+3+4+5)

Direct score

(8+10)

Z score^1

(Direct - 61.7) / 13.43

Z score^1

(Direct - 63.99) / 24.04

T score^2

(z * 10) + 50

T score^2

(z * 10) + 50

Emotional Passive coping

Direct score

(6+7)

Direct score

(9)

Z score^1

Direct - 23.84) / 13.43

Z score^1

(Direct – 37.06) / 14.38

T score^2

(z * 10) + 50

T score^2

(z * 10) + 50

For ICAF TOTAL calculation, use direct scoresin the following formula:

Physical

*

0.23

Emotional

*

0.53

Passive coping

*

0.1

Active coping

*

0.14

Direct

score

++ -=

ICAF

Z score^1

(Direct – 21.38) / 9.8

T score^2

(z * 10) + 50

(^1) Z scores are based in a previous study with 301 patients with fibromyalgia (Vallejo MA,
Rivera J, Esteve-Vives J, Group ICAF: Development of a self-reporting tool to obtain a
Combined Index of Severity of Fibromyalgia (ICAF). Health Qual Life Outcomes 2010; 8:2.
http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/2))
(^2) T scores have a media = 50, and a standard deviation = 10.
7 PROMs for Fibromyalgia