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- Title
The 14-item Resilience scale as a potential screening tool for depression/anxiety and quality of life assessment: a systematic review of current research.
- Authors
Miroševič, Špela; Klemenc-Ketiš, Zalika; Selič, Polona
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Due to the expensive and time-consuming diagnostics, most general physicians do not use a standardized psychodiagnostic tool to detect depression and anxiety and often rely on their own judgment. This often leads to inaccuracy of identification of patients with mental disorders.<bold>Objective: </bold>To systematically review the literature of the 14-item resilience scale (RS-14) and offer directions for future studies.<bold>Methods: </bold>Fourteen studies that included a translated/validated RS-14 regardless of the sample were included through Medline and CINAHL databases and the following questions were addressed: (i) What are the factor structure, internal consistency and repeatability of the RS-14? (ii) Is RS-14 concordant with other scales for measuring resilience, and what is the concurrent validity of this instrument? (iii) What are the critiques, conclusions and limitations of previous studies?<bold>Results: </bold>Most factor analyses demonstrated a one-factor solution and confirmed 14-item scale. Cronbach's α for was high (M = 0.88); the test-retest reliability was satisfactory in three (0.70 < r > 0.83) out of four studies (r = 0.49). Results of concurrent validity showed positive correlation with some variables, including quality of life and a negative correlation with depression and anxiety. Among other limitations, the biggest drawback was a non-representative sample.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>RS-14 was found to perform well in clinical and non-clinical sample. Due to its wide use of population, time efficiency and good results on concurrent validity, we suggest future studies to examine whether RS-14 has a potential to serve as a first distress and quality of life screening tool in the family medicine practices.
- Subjects
META-analysis; LITERATURE reviews; QUALITY of life; FAMILY medicine; ANXIETY; ANXIETY diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; COMPARATIVE studies; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL screening; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH; RESEARCH evaluation; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; SYSTEMATIC reviews; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Family Practice, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
0263-2136
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/fampra/cmy081