Comprehensive needs assessment tool for informal cancer caregivers (CNAT-ICs): Instrument development and cross-sectional validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing cancer incidence and its subsequent burden is a worldwide concern. Needs assessment for caregivers has recently received growing attention, as it identifies specific unmet needs. The remaining tools have been established within the healthcare context of Western countries and have been studied only in some Asian populations; it seems appropriate to develop needs assessment tools that apply to a wider ethnic and socio-cultural context.

Objective

This study planned to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the CNAT-C for the Sri Lankan informal caregivers for wider applicability.

Design

An instrument development and cross-sectional validation study was conducted.

Setting

Apeksha Hospital Maharagama, Sri Lanka (National Cancer Institute

SUBMITTER: Weeratunga E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465200 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature