Development and preliminary evaluation of a quality of life measure targeted at dementia caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing care for individuals with a progressive, debilitating condition such as dementia can adversely impact the quality of life (QOL) of informal caregivers. To date, there is no existing caregiver quality of life measure for dementia caregivers with breadth of coverage or that is applicable to caregivers of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a caregiver-targeted quality-of-life measure (CGQOL) for informal caregivers of persons with dementia that can be used with caregivers from a variety of ethnicities.

Methods

91 items were field tested by telephone interviews with 179 English-speaking and 21 monolingual Spanish-speaking caregivers of persons with dementia. Repeat interviews were conducted with 71 caregivers. A

SUBMITTER: Vickrey BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2706224 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature