Global health measures from a National Down Syndrome Registry

People with Down syndrome (DS) have a unique medical profile which may impact views of health. We aimed to study the use of global health measures for DS in a national cohort. We prospectively surveyed parents of individuals with DS from the DS‐Connect® registry with validated Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)® instruments of global health. Analyses included use of scoring manuals and the PROMIS® scoring service, descriptive statistics, and t‐tests. We received completed surveys from 223 parents of individuals with DS; previously published limitations of the instrument in this population were shown again. T‐scores differed from the available comparative standardized scores to these measures from PROMIS® reference population on Fatigue (p < 0.001) and Global Health (p < 0.001), but not on Pain Interference (p = 0.41).

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