ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2015
Development and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL Pressure Ulcers scale and short form.
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- Rehabilitation to Improve Outcomes after Cervical Spine Surgery: Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Feasibility of a Community-Based, Online, Peer-Supported Spinal Cord Injury Self-management Intervention: Protocol for a Pilot Wait-Listed Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- SCI-QOL and WOUND-Q Have the Best Patient-reported Outcome Measure Design: A Systematic Literature Review of PROMs Used in Chronic Wounds.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Adult outcomes for children who sustained firearm-related spinal cord injuries.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- Dutch-Flemish translation and cross-cultural adaption of the Spinal Cord Injury-Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) short forms.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Article
- International study to develop the WOUND-Q patient-reported outcome measure for all types of chronic wounds.International wound journal · 2021Article
- International mixed methods study protocol to develop a patient-reported outcome measure for all types of chronic wounds (the WOUND-Q).BMJ open · 2020Article
- Measuring pain phenomena after spinal cord injury: Development and psychometric properties of the SCI-QOL Pain Interference and Pain Behavior assessment tools.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2018Article
- Overview of the Spinal Cord Injury--Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement system.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2015Article
- Methodology for the development and calibration of the SCI-QOL item banks.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2015Article
- Patient and wound factors associated with WOUND-Q scales measuring health-related quality of life: An international cross-sectional study.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo develop a self-reported measure of the subjective impact of pressure ulcers on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) as part of the SCI quality of life (SCI-QOL) measurement system.
designGrounded-theory based qualitative item development methods, large-scale item calibration testing, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and item response theory-based psychometric analysis.
settingFive SCI Model System centers and one Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the United States.
participantsAdults with traumatic SCI.
main outcome measuresSCI-QOL Pressure Ulcers scale.
results189 individuals with traumatic SCI who experienced a pressure ulcer within the past 7 days completed 30 items related to pressure ulcers. CFA confirmed a unidimensional pool of items. IRT analyses were conducted. A constrained Graded Response Model with a constant slope parameter was used to estimate item thresholds for the 12 retained items.
conclusionsThe 12-item SCI-QOL Pressure Ulcers scale is unique in that it is specifically targeted to individuals with spinal cord injury and at every stage of development has included input from individuals with SCI. Furthermore, use of CFA and IRT methods provide flexibility and precision of measurement. The scale may be administered in its entirety or as a 7-item "short form" and is available for both research and clinical practice.
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