Assessment of Competencies and Ability to Care for the General Population: Design and Validation of the Spanish COMCAPCARE Scale.
| Autor: | Espadas-Calzado E; Hospital de Bellvigte, Passeig Carrer de la Feixa Llarga, Barcelona, Spain., Esteban-Burgos AA; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain., Capilla-Díaz C; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain.; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Puente-Fernández D; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain.; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Martí-García C; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain.; Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Málaga, Spain., Montoya-Juárez R; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain.; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Western journal of nursing research [West J Nurs Res] 2025 Jan; Vol. 47 (1), pp. 47-54. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 26. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01939459241302568 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: As the population ages, the demand for social and health systems grows, especially due to chronic diseases and dependency. Informal caregivers, particularly women, face significant burdens including physical, emotional, and financial strain. Current caregiving assessment tools focus on those already in caregiving roles or health professionals, with no tools for the general population without prior caregiving experience. Purpose: This study aimed to develop and validate the Spanish COMCAPCARE scale, which assesses the skills and abilities necessary to care for dependent individuals, including those nearing the end of life, among individuals without prior caregiving experience. Methods: A scale validation study was conducted. A Delphi panel of 13 experts developed an 18-item scale, which was administered to 253 participants over the age of 18 who had not previously served as primary caregivers. Main measurements were psychometric analyses, including principal components analysis (PCA) and reliability testing using Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient. Correlation with a single-item self-assessment of caregiving competence was verified through Spearman's rho. Results: A total of 253 participants (73.9% women) with a mean age of 33 years (SD 13.7) participated. The scale identified 3 factors: financial and work situation (4 items), adaptability (8 items), and care and communication (6 items). The total scale demonstrated high reliability (α = 0.84) and significant correlations between the scale's total score and a single-item self-assessment of caregiving competence ( r = 0.693, P < .001). Conclusions: The Spanish COMCAPCARE scale provides a reliable and valid tool for assessing caregiving competencies in the general population without caregiving experience. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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