Development and psychometric properties evaluation of caregiver burden questionnaire in family caregivers of hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Backgorund

This study aimed to design and psychometrically evaluate the caregiver burden questionnaire for family caregivers of hemodialysis patients.

Methods

This study was conducted using an exploratory sequential mixed method on family caregivers of hemodialysis patients in Iran. In the first phase, the generation of the items was done based on results of directed qualitative content analysis according to the Structural model of the caregiver burden and review of the literature. After developing the item pool, face and content validity, item analysis, structural, convergent and discriminant validity, internal consistency, reliability, interpretability, and feasibility were evaluated.

Results

The primary tool entered the psychometric evaluation phase with 64 items.

SUBMITTER: Hejazi SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446771 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature