RT Journal Article
T1 Inventory of Overburden in Alzheimer's Patient Family Caregivers with no Specialized Training
A1 del Carmen Perez-Fuentes, Maria
A1 Gazquez Linares, Jose Jesus
A1 Ruiz Fernandez, Maria Dolores
A1 Molero Jurado, Maria del Mar
K1 Inventory
K1 Overload
K1 Caregivers
K1 Alzheimer
K1 Instrumental study
K1 Informal caregivers
K1 Burden
K1 Disease
K1 Population
K1 Dementia
K1 Health
K1 Impact
K1 Reappraisal
K1 Management
K1 Stress
AB Background/Objective: Alzheimer-type dementia is one of the most frequent causes of dependence in an aging population, which combines with a considerable demand for care. Furthermore, when the caregiver is a family member or person without specialized training, such care impacts on that person's health. The Inventory of Overburden in Alzheimer's Patient Family Caregivers with no Specialized Training (IPSO-CA24) was designed to find out the needs of these caregivers and evaluate the caregiver's burden or distress. Method: The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were analyzed (in a reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory analysis) based on the responses of 255 caregivers. Results: The factor analyses showed a six-factor structure (Reaction to diagnosis, Physical health, Psychological symptomatology (caretaker), Behavioral symptomatology (patient), Knowledge of the illness, and Level of dependence) explaining 66.52% of the total variance with a reliability of .75 to .93. Support was also found for its convergent validity. Conclusions: The IPSO-CA24 responds to the need for an instrument enabling multidimensional evaluation of the burden on the family caregiver without specialized training. (C) 2016 Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.
PB Elsevier science inc
SN 1697-2600
YR 2017
FD 2017-01-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18795
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18795
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 5, 2025