An exploratory review of resiliency assessments after brain injury

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AbstractObjectiveTo identify resiliency measures which have been established for use with people after acquired brain injury, using the process-based Traumatic Brain Injury Resiliency Model as the guiding conceptual framework.MethodDatabases CINAHL, EMBASE, Medline, and PsychINFO were searched. Using COnsensus based Standards for the selection of Health guidelines of health status Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) guidelines for reporting, articles providing data on psychometric properties for measures of resilience for people with brain injury were retrieved. Psychometric properties and clinical utility (number of items, scoring details) were summarized.ResultsNine articles were retrieved, including 9 measures of resiliency.ConclusionThere are established measures of resiliency in brain injury rehabilitation. Future work may explore use of these measures in a clinical context and implementation of rehabilitation goals for improving resiliency after brain injury.