Chinese version of the Physical Resilience Scale (PRS): reliability and validity test based on Rasch analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical resilience is known to minimize the adverse outcomes of health stressors for older people. However, validated instruments that assess physical resilience in older adults are rare. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to translate the Physical Resilience Scale (PRS) into Chinese and to validate its psychometric properties in a population of community-dwelling older adults following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional design and translated the Physical Resilience Scale into Chinese. A total of 426 older adults who had recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection were chosen for assessment through convenience sampling. The measurement data were analyzed using the Rasch analysis.

Results

Rasch analysis indicates that the Physical

SUBMITTER: Dong A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411801 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature