@article{ref1,
title="Preliminary psychometric analyses of the International Spinal Cord Injury Quality of Life Basic Data Set",
journal="Spinal Cord",
year="2019",
author="New, Peter Wayne and Tate, Denise G. and Forchheimer, Martin B. and D'Andréa Greve, Julia Maria and Parashar, Divya and Post, Marcel W. M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="STUDY DESIGN: Secondary psychometric analysis of cross-sectional previously collected data. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: Explore the floor and ceiling effects, convergent, and divergent validity of the International Spinal Cord Injury Basic Quality of Life Data Set (SCI QoL-BDS) in a sample of people with spinal cord damage (SCD) from different countries, with different causes (both traumatic and non-traumatic), and different settings. SETTING: Community dwellers with SCD in Australia, Brazil, India, The Netherlands, and USA, and inpatient rehabilitation: India. <br><br>METHODS: Adults (>18 years) with chronic SCD with either traumatic or non-traumatic aetiologies living in the community (n = 624), in inpatient rehabilitation following the onset of SCI (India; n = 115) and able-bodied controls (Australia; n = 220) had the following data collected by survey or face-face interview: SCI QoL-BDS, demographic and clinical characteristics (e.g., age, gender, years post SCI/SCD, education, employment) and reference measures of quality of life, disability and depression. <br><br>RESULTS: For the whole sample, there were no notable floor or ceiling effects, internal consistency was good (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84) and the corrected item-total correlations generally were acceptable (all > 0.3 except for in Brazilian cohort). Convergent and divergent validity were largely confirmed though there were some aspects of validity that were suboptimal. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Only minor psychometric issues were identified. This preliminary analysis suggests that there are no reason for concern about the use of the SCI QoL-BDS for clinical or research purposes, notwithstanding the need for further studies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1362-4393",
doi="10.1038/s41393-019-0273-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41393-019-0273-5"
}