The Most Commonly Utilized Resiliency Measures in Orthopedic Surgery Outcomes Research, A Narrative Review

Resiliency is a psychological construct that describes an individual’s ability to recover from adversity and stress. Resiliency has been studied in the health care setting. In the past decade multiple studies have investigated the relationship between resiliency and patient-reported outcomes following orthopaedic surgery. The aim of this article is to review the most frequently used resiliency measures in orthopedic surgery research and their implementation in outcome studies. The most commonly utilized resiliency measures in orthopaedic surgery are the Brief Resiliency Score (BRS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the Resilience Scale (RS). These resiliency measures are each designed for use with adults and considered to be high quality, reliable, accurate, and consistent measurements of resilience.