Development and Psychometric Validation of the 27 Item Zarit Caregiver Interview for Alzheimer's Disease (ZCI-AD-27).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caring for an individual with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an allencompassing challenge that affects daily life. Assessment of the care partner experience is needed to support the development and evaluation of successful interventions for people with AD and their care partners. We developed the 27-item Zarit Caregiver Interview for Alzheimer's Disease (ZCI-AD-27) to assess the impact of informal caregiving in the context of AD.

Objective

We assessed the psychometric validity of the ZCI-AD-27 in a population of care partners for individuals with moderate AD, and established thresholds for meaningful score change.

Methods

Secondary data were obtained from informal care partners of participants in a clinical trial (NCT01677754). Psychometric analyses were condu

SUBMITTER: Bernaards CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278238 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature