The psychometric properties of a new outcome measure of resilience for people living with dementia: The Bangor Dementia Resilience Scale
This study presents preliminary field-testing and validation of the Bangor Dementia Resilience Scale, a new psychometrically sound resilience measure for people living with mild to moderate dementia. The scale may be a valuable tool for practitioners to provide strengths-based and person-centred support to maintain and enhance the resilience of people living with dementia, and evaluating the extent to which health and social care services may improve resilience. Given the global policy focus to support people with dementia to live as well as possible, the new scale has international significance for translation and cultural adaptation by other countries.
Authors
- Zoë Hoare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1803-5482)
- Sebastian J. Crutch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-0139)
- Jennifer Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8538-997X)
- Catherine Macleod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-7380)
- Gill Windle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0479-1172)
- Paul M. Camic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4444-6544)
- Mary Pat Sullivan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9514-0783)
- Emilie Brotherhood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-7735)
- Joshua Stott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-053X)
Institutions
- Nipissing University (CA)
- Bangor University (GB)
- UK Dementia Research Institute (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02695-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Economic and Social Research Council