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标题：New resilience instrument for family caregivers in cancer: a multidimensional item response theory analysis
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作者：Mu Zi Liang ; Ying Tang ; Peng Chen 等
期刊名称：Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
印刷版ISSN：1477-7525
电子版ISSN：1477-7525
出版年度：2021
卷号：19
DOI：10.1186/s12955-021-01893-8
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：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 ( Generic and Shift-Persist). Four latent resilience subgroups were identified and a non-linear dose–response pattern between resilience and QoL was confirmed (per-SD increase OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.16–2.13, p = 0.0019). Conclusion RS-SC-10 is a brief and suitable resilience instrument for FCs in cancer. The resilience screening of patients and FCs can be performed simultaneously in clinical practice. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12955-021-01893-8.
关键词：Resilience; Instrument; Family caregivers; Cancer; Multidimensional item response theory; Generalized additive model; Latent profile analysis