The CAREPAL-8: a short screening tool for multidimensional family caregiver burden in palliative care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family caregivers of terminally ill and dying people do not only experience varying levels but also different dimensions of caregiver-related strain and burden. The aim of the study was to develop a short multidimensional screening tool for the detection of burden in family caregivers in palliative care.

Methods

Family caregivers of cancer patients newly admitted to specialist inpatient palliative care (N = 232) completed questionnaires on psychological burden, quality of life, social support and need fulfillment. A latent class mixture model was used to identify discrete classes of family caregivers related to their multidimensional caregiver burden. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the most predictive items from a set of establ

SUBMITTER: Ullrich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11295689 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature