Resilience and physical functioning trajectories in people aging with disability: concordance and determinants over seven years.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

This study sought to estimate trajectories of psychological resilience and physical functioning in adults aging with disability, to examine the alignment of those trajectories, and to explore determinants of trajectory membership over a 7-year span.

Research design and methods

Data were drawn from a longitudinal survey of 772 adults diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, or spinal cord injury, diagnosed before age 55 and with at least 10 years since diagnosis. Resilience and physical functioning were measured using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and the PROMIS Physical Function Scale. Growth mixture modeling, contingency analysis, and multinomial logistic regression were performed.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12705132 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature