Factor analyses of the Chinese Zarit Burden Interview among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in a rural Chinese community.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the factor structure of the Chinese version of the 22-item Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) among family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in China.

Methods

Using one-stage cluster-sampling design, 324 primary caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, China, completed the Zarit Burden Interview face-to-face. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was first performed based on existing models to check model fit. Owing to an unsatisfactory result of CFA, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was then conducted to explore a new factor structure, and a subsequent CFA was run to examine its model fit.

Results

The CFA results showed that none of the existing models fit the data reasonably well. The EFA r

SUBMITTER: Tang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640094 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature