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P2‐426: Psychometric evaluation of a brief, new instrument for the measurement of caregiver burden: Review of the Impact of Alzheimer's Disease on Caregiver Questionnaire
Author(s) -
Bonnet Patrick,
Cole Jason,
Chen Yaozhu,
Bodhani Amit,
Ito Diane
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.1299
Subject(s) - spouse , psychology , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , reliability (semiconductor) , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , confirmatory factor analysis , medicine , structural equation modeling , psychotherapist , power (physics) , statistics , physics , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology
reliability coefficients; Rasch modelling) and the factor structures of the two measures will be explored and compared (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis). The relationship between attitudes/beliefs and quality in the pilot sample will also be explored. Conclusions: Families play an important role in the wellbeing and health of older people living in residential settings. A valid and reliable tool to measure the quality of staff-family relationships will enable aged services to assess this potentially important aspect of care. Understanding the association between individual attitudes and beliefs of staff (and families) and the overall quality of relationships may also provide guidance on potential interventions to improve relationships, and by extension, the wellbeing and health of residents.