Assessing decision regret in caregivers of deceased German people with cancer-A psychometric validation of the Decision Regret Scale for Caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decisional regret during or after medical treatments is linked to significant distress. Regret affects not only patients but also caregivers having an active or passive role during decision making. The Decision Regret Scale (DRS) is a self-report measure for regret in patients after treatment decisions. However, practical and psychometrically robust instruments assessing regret in caregivers are lacking.

Objective

To develop and validate a caregiver version of the DRS (Decision Regret Scale for Caregivers [DRS-C]).

Design

Psychometric validation based on a web survey.

Setting and participants

361 caregivers of deceased German people/patients with cancer.

Main variables studied

Besides structural validity and test-retest reliability, we evaluat

SUBMITTER: Haun MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803409 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature