New resilience instrument for family caregivers in cancer: a multidimensional item response theory analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Resilience instruments specific to family caregivers (FCs) in cancer are limited. This study was designed to validate the 10-item Resilience Scale Specific to Cancer (RS-SC-10) in FCs using multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) analysis.

Methods

382 FCs were enrolled from Be Resilient to Cancer Program (BRCP) and administered with RS-SC-10 and 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). MIRT was performed to evaluate item parameters while Generalized Additive Model (GAM) and Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) were performed to test the non-linear relationship between resilience (RS-SC-10) and Quality of Life (QoL, SF-36).

Results

RS-SC-10 retained 10 items with high multidimensional discrimination, monotonous thresholds and its original two-factor structure

SUBMITTER: Liang MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600888 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature