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SCI-QOL Bladder Complications
Availability
Please visit this website for more information about the SCI-QOL Bladder Complications
 
PDF copies of all SCI-QOL item banks and short forms are freely available to the public by contacting SCI-QOL@udel.edu.
Classification
Supplemental: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Short Description of Instrument
The SCI-QOL Bladder Complications scale is a brief, fixed-length 5-item outcomes instrument designed to assess the impact of urinary tract infections (UTIs) on daily life activities for individuals with a UTI. (Tate et al, 2020;Tulsky et al., 2005a)
Comments/Special Instructions
Scoring of the scale (Table 9) (Tulsky et al., 2015a) is based on applying the IRT parameters to the calibration sample data and converting raw scores to standard scores on a T-metric. Note that participants must complete all 5 component items to receive a score.
Scoring and Psychometric Properties
Scoring
 
Tulsky and colleagues (2015a) based the scoring of the SCI-QOL Bladder Complications scale by applying the IRT parameters to calibration sample data and the converted raw scores to standard scores on a T-metric.
 
To receive a score participants must complete all 5 component items of the scale (Tulsky et al., 2015a).
 
Items 1 and 2 of the measure response set:
1 = Not at all
2 = A little bit
3 = Somewhat
4 = Quite a bit
5 = Very much
 
Items 3, 4, and 5 of the measure response set:
1 = Never
2 = Rarely
3 = Sometimes
4 = Often
5 = Always
 
Psychometric Properties
 
Reliability: Moderate test-retest (ICC = 0.69) (Tate et al., 2020;Tulsky et al., 2015a) Documented reliability. (Best et al., 2017)
 
Validity: Good Internal consistency (0.72) (Best et al., 2017;Tate et al., 2020);Tulsky et al., 2015a) Good fit and no DIF in IRT-analysis
 
Content Validity: Items were derived from focus groups and interviews with individuals with traumatic SCI and clinicians who specialize in SCI care. (Tulsky et al., 2011)
 
Concurrent Validity: Not yet reported (Tate et al., 2020)
 
Responsiveness: Not yet reported (Tate et al., 2020)
 
Clinical Utility: Reference scores available. (Tate et al., 2020;Tulsky et al., 2015a)
References
Key References:
 
Tulsky DS, Kisala PA, Tate DG, Spungen AM, Kirshblum SC. Development and psychometric characteristics of the SCI-QOL bladder management difficulties and bowel management difficulties item banks and short forms and the SCI-QOL bladder complications scale. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015a;38:288-302.
 
Tulsky DS, Kisala PA, Victorson D, Tate D, Heinemann AW, Amtmann D, Cella D. Developing a contemporary patient-reported outcomes measure for spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011;92(10 Suppl):S44-S51.
 
Additional References:
 
Best KL, Ethans K, Craven BC, Noreau L, Hitzig SL. Identifying and classifying quality of life tools for neurogenic bladder function after spinal cord injury: a systematic review. J Spinal Cord Med 2017;40:505-529.
 
Cameron AP, Rodriguez GM, Schomer KG. Systematic review of urological followup after spinal cord injury. J Urol. 2012;187(2):391-397.
 
Myers JB, Lenherr SM, Stoffel JT, Elliott SP, Presson AP, Zhang C, et al. Patient reported bladder related symptoms and quality of life after spinal cord injury with different bladder management strategies. J Urol 2019;202(3):574-584.
 
Patel DP, Lenherr SM, Stoffel JT, Elliott SP, Welk B, Presson AP, Jha A, Rosenbluth J, Myers JB; Neurogenic Bladder Research Group. Study protocol: patient reported outcomes for bladder management strategies in spinal cord injury. BMC Urol. 2017;17(1):95.
 
Tate DG, Wheeler T, Lane GI, Forchheimer M, Anderson KD, Biering-Sorensen F, Cameron AP, Santacruz BG, Jakeman LB, Kennelly MJ, Kirshblum S, Krassioukov A, Krogh K, Mulcahey MJ, Noonan VK, Rodriguez GM, Spungen AM, Tulsky D, Post MW. Recommendations for evaluation of neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury and/or disease. J Spinal Cord Med. 2020;43(2):141-164.
 
Tulsky DS, Kisala PA, Victorson D, Tate DG, Heinemann AW, Charlifue S, Kirshblum SC, Fyffe D, Gershon R, Spungen AM, Bombardier CH, Dyson-Hudson TA, Amtmann D, Kalpakjian CZ, Choi SW, Jette AM, Forchheimer M, Cella D. Overview of the Spinal Cord Injury--Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement system. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015b;38(3):257-269.
 
Document last updated November 2021