Longitudinal measurement invariance of the international spinal cord injury quality of life basic data set (SCI-QoL-BDS) during spinal cord injury/disorder inpatient rehabilitation.
Simon KunzValerie CarrardMayra Galvis AparicioAnke Scheel-SailerChristine FeketePeter LudeMarcel W M PostMaren WestphalPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2021)
The SCI-QoL-BDS is a consistent and valid measure to assess quality of life among individuals undergoing first spinal cord injury/disorder inpatient rehabilitation. However, we recommend using latent variable frameworks instead of mean scores when examining longitudinal changes in the measure to account for potential response shift.