Minimum clinical important difference for resilience scale specific to cancer: a prospective analysis

Table 3 Pearson’s correlations between change in RS-SCs and change in potential anchors at 3-month (T₁, N = 643)

Variables	Changes (95%CI)	Effect size	RS-SC-10		RS-SC-25
Variables	Changes (95%CI)	Effect size	r (95%CI)	P	r (95%CI)	P
QoL GHS	5.13 (3.34 to 7.20)	0.26	0.38 (0.28 to 0.47)	< 0.001	0.32 (0.22 to 0.41)	< 0.001
QoL PF	1.21 (0.96 to 1.51)	0.05	0.15 (0.04 to 0.26)	0.092	0.18 (0.08 to 0.28)	0.004
QoL RF	2.52 (2.30–2.79)	0.16	0.31 (0.21 to 0.41)	< 0.001	0.26 (0.16 to 0.35)	< 0.001
QoL EF	4.04 (3.63 to 4.39)	0.23	0.39 (0.29 to 0.48)	< 0.001	0.33 (0.23 to 0.42)	< 0.001
QoL CF	0.55 (0.37 to 0.74)	0.03	0.16 (0.05 to 0.27)	0.061	0.17 (0.07 to 0.27)	0.029
QoL SF	3.51 (3.19–3.81)	0.13	0.32 (0.22 to 0.42)	< 0.001	0.32 (0.22 to 0.41)	< 0.001
CD-RISC-25	6.12 (5.54 to 6.81)	0.27	0.36 (0.26 to 0.45)	< 0.001	0.34 (0.24 to 0.43)	< 0.001
CD-RISC-10	1.22 (0.97 to 1.54)	0.21	0.44 (0.35 to 0.52)	< 0.001	0.38 (0.29 to 0.47)	< 0.001
CD-RISC-2	0.24 (0.18 to 0.29)	0.19	0.32 (0.22 to 0.42)	< 0.001	0.29 (0.19 to 0.38)	< 0.001
HADS total	− 1.26 (− 1.45 to − 1.07)	− 0.22	− 0.38 (− 0.47 to − 0.28)	< 0.001	− 0.34 (− 0.43 to − 0.24)	< 0.001
HADS-A	− 0.51 (− 0.64 to − 0.38)	− 0.19	− 0.35 (− 0.44 to − 0.25)	< 0.001	− 0.30 (− 0.39 to − 0.20)	< 0.001
HADS− D	− 0.75 (− 0.89 to − 0.60)	− 0.23	− 0.41 (− 0.50 to − 0.31)	< 0.001	− 0.36 (− 0.45 to − 0.27)	< 0.001
ALI	− 0.27 (− 0.32 to − 0.22)	− 0.11	− 0.19 (− 0.29 to − 0.08)	0.001	− 0.20 (− 0.30 to − 0.10)	< 0.001

Italics rows indicate suitable anchors
RS-SC Resilience Scale Specific to Cancer, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, QoL Quality of Life, GHS Global Health Status, PF Physical Function, RF Role Function, EF Emotion Function, CF Cognitive Function, SF Social Function, CD-RISC Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, ALI Allostatic Load Index

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