Health status assessment tool for the family member caregiver of patients with bipolar disorder: development and psychometric testing
| Autor: | Farshid Shamsaei, Fatemeh Cheragi, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Zohreh Vanaki, Sima Mohamad Khan Kermanshahi, Martin Grosse Holtforth |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Shamsaei, Farshid |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Bipolar Disorder Psychometrics Health Status 03 medical and health sciences 2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Cronbach's alpha Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Family 030212 general & internal medicine General Psychology Face validity Aged Family Health Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Family caregivers business.industry 10093 Institute of Psychology Construct validity Reproducibility of Results 3200 General Psychology General Medicine Middle Aged Exploratory factor analysis 3. Good health 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Health assessment Caregivers Female business Psychology 150 Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Asian journal of psychiatry |
| ISSN: | 1876-2026 |
| Popis: | Introduction The caregivers’ health assessment requires the application of a valid instrument that provided based on their experiences about the health concept. The purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the health assessment tool for family member caregivers’ of patients with bipolar disorder. Methods This study utilized mixed research. The specific validation processes used were: content and face validity, construct validity using factor analysis, reliability and internal consistency using test–retest reliability and Cronbach's alpha correlation coefficient. Results The exploratory factor analysis revealed ten factors: safe life with peace, maintaining physical health, painful emotions, psychological tolerance, maintaining physical–psychological potency, families and relatives support, health care system support, moral–financial support, maintaining social relationships, and worry over the label. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was 95. Test–retest reliability of the questionnaire with interval time of two weeks was 0.93 ( p Conclusion Family caregivers’ health assessment questionnaire with 75 items helped to determine family caregivers’ health in different settings such as clinical settings, homes and research environments by health care providers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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