Measuring quality and level of care provided by family caregivers of persons with dementia: protocol for a systematic review of validated instruments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in the quality-of-life (QoL) of family caregivers as they care for their loved ones with dementia over time may affect the quality or level of care that these caregivers provide. We do not know if validated instruments exist to directly measure this quality or level of care. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify validated instruments for measuring the quality or level of care provided by family caregivers of persons with dementia.

Methods

We will include articles containing a validated instrument or questionnaire designed to measure quality or level of care provided by the aforementioned group of caregivers. The included articles may utilize the tools in primary or secondary data analyses, or evaluate the tools' psychometric properties. The

SUBMITTER: Hazzan AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8116182 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature