Spinal Cord Injury - Quality of Life Self-Esteem

Link to instrument: CATs and short forms available at http://ift.tt/1hR3vma (request access through SCI-QOL@udel.edu). Item bank and short form PDFs available through SCI-QOL@udel.edu.

Acronym:

SCI-QOL Self-Esteem

Purpose:

The SCI-QOL Self-Esteem instrument assesses perceptions of personal competence in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Description:

The SCI-QOL Self-esteem measure is an item response theory (IRT)-calibrated item bank with 23 items that is available for administration as a computer adaptive test (CAT; range 4-12 items) or 8 item short form (SF). 16 items were newly generated, 5 items were drawn from the Neuro-QOL measurement system and 2 items were drawn from the Traumatic Brain Injury-QOL measure.

Area of Assessment: Mental Health, Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy

Body Part: Not Applicable

ICF Domain: Body Function

Domain: Emotion

Assessment Type: Patient Reported Outcomes

Length of Test: 05 Minutes or Less

Time to Administer:

<5 Minutes

Number of Items: There are 23 items in the entire item bank. The short form has 8 items. The CAT can present 4-12 items, depending on the user's time vs. accuracy preferences.

Equipment Required:

The Short Form (SF) version requires only the printed form and a pencil. A CAT administration requires a desktop, laptop, or tablet computer with internet connection and login to AssessmentCenter.net.

Access to the short form, and administration of CATs through Assessment Center, is available through SCI-QOL@udel.edu.

Training Required:

SCI-QOL Self-esteem article (Kalpakjian et al., 2015) and, if administering CATs, Assessment Center User Manual.

Type of training required: Reading an Article/Manual

Cost: Free

Actual Cost:

Free

Age Range: Adult: 18-64 years, Elderly adult: 65+

Administration Mode: Computer

Diagnosis: Spinal Cord Injury

Populations Tested:

Spinal Cord Injury

Standard Error of Measurement (SEM):

Depends upon mode of administration (Standard Error = SE)

• Full Item Bank: Mean SE= 0.22 (Range= 0.14--.51)
• 8-Item Fixed CAT: Mean SE= 0.27 (Range= 0.19-0.54)
• Variable Length CAT: Mean SE= 0.31 (0.24-0.53) 

Minimal Detectable Change (MDC):

Calculated Using Mean SEM:

• Full Item Bank: MDC= 10.7
• 8-Item Fixed CAT: MDC= 10.62
• Variable Length CAT: MDC= 10.61

Minimally Clinically Important Difference (MCID):

Not Established

Cut-Off Scores:

Not Established

Normative Data:

 

Test-retest Reliability:

Traumatic SCI (Kalpakjian et al., 2015; n= 245)

• Excellent: (ICC= 0.84)

Interrater/Intrarater Reliability:

Not Applicable

Internal Consistency:

Traumatic SCI (Kalpakjian et al., 2015; n= 717; Mean Age= 43, SD= 15.3; Time Post Injury= 7.1, SD=10; 45% Paraplegia, 55% Tetraplegia)

• Excellent: (ICC= 0.95)

Criterion Validity (Predictive/Concurrent):

Not Established

Construct Validity (Convergent/Discriminant):

Not Established

Content Validity:

Items were derived from focus groups and interviews with individuals with traumatic SCI (n=65) and clinicians who specialize in SCI care (n=42) (Tulsky et al., 2011).

Face Validity:

Not Statistically Assessed

Floor/Ceiling Effects:

Traumatic SCI (Kalpakjian et al., 2015; n= 717; Mean Age= 43, SD= 15.3; Time Post Injury= 7.1, SD=10; 45% Paraplegia, 55% Tetraplegia)

• Floor Effect: Excellent (0.14%)
• Ceiling Effect: Adequate to Excellent (4.3%)

Responsiveness:

Not Established

Considerations:

None

Bibliography:

Kalpakjian, C.Z., Tate, D.G., Kisala, P.A., & Tulsky, D.S. (2015). Measuring self-esteem after spinal cord injury: Development, validation, and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL Self-Esteem item bank and short form. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 38(3), 377-385.

 

Tulsky, D.S., Kisala, P.A., Victorson, D. Tate, D., Heinemann, A.W., Amtmann, D., & Cella, D. (2011). Developing a contemporary patient-reported outcomes measure for spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92(10), S44-S51.

 

Year published: 2015

Instrument in PDF Format: Yes

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