Development of the Clinical pHysical rEsilience assEssment Scale (CHEES) in Chinese Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical resilience is an emerging concept that describes an individual's capacity to recover from stressors. However, few instruments are currently available for assessing physical resilience.

Objective

To develop a scale to assess physical resilience in older adults.

Design

Development of a clinical scale.

Setting and participants

A total of 172 hospitalized older adults were recruited.

Measurements

This study comprised two stages. First, a pool of physical resilience scale items was created through a literature review, and the Delphi method was used to establish an initial scale. Second, the initial physical resilience scale was tested on hospitalized older adults.

Results

Five primary and 19 secondary items were identified after rev

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12275678 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature