Measuring resilience after spinal cord injury: Development, validation and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL Resilience item bank and short form

This study focuses on creating and testing a way to measure resilience in people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Resilience, in this context, is the ability to adapt well to stressful life events. The researchers developed a set of questions (item bank) to assess resilience and then tested these questions with a large group of individuals with SCI to ensure the questions were reliable and accurate. The final result is a set of questions that can be used to measure resilience in individuals with SCI, which can help clinicians and researchers understand and promote better adaptation and quality of life after injury.

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  A unidimensional model was observed (CFI = 0.968; RMSEA = 0.074) indicating that the items measure a single construct of resilience.
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  Measurement precision was good (theta range between −3.1 and 0.9), demonstrating the reliability of the item bank in measuring resilience across a range of individuals.
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  The final calibrated item bank resulted in 21 retained items, indicating that these items effectively capture the construct of resilience in individuals with SCI.