biostudies-literatureUnknown47(1)Perales-Puchalt JNIA NIH HHSNIMHD NIH HHSNIGMS NIH HHS<h4>Objectives</h4>To examine the psychometric properties of several wellbeing scales among Latinos in the US, most of which have never been validated in a US-Latino population.<h4>Design</h4>We leveraged secondary baseline data from a one-arm mHealth trial on dementia caregiver support. We included 100 responses for caregiver-focused scales and 88 responses for care recipient-focused scales. Scales included the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire Severity and Distress scales, Six-item Zarit Burden Inventory, Ten-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale, Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease, and Single-item Satisfaction With Life Scale. We calculated concurrent validity using Pearson and Spearman correlations and expected correlationHispanic journal of behavioral scienceshttps://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12492971biostudies-literatureValidation of wellbeing scales among informal caregivers of Latinos with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.PMC12492971R01 AG082306P20 GM139733K01 MD014177P30 AG072973Sepulveda-Rivera VBenton DMoore HPWilliams Kde la C Martin Carbonell MBaker CMeyer KPerales-Puchalt JVelez-Uribe IMendez-Asaro PZimmer MBurns JMKittle KCheca IFracachan-Cabrera MEspejo BArreaza HGillen LZaudke JRamirez-Mantilla MGreiner KAfalseValidation of wellbeing scales among informal caregivers of Latinos with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.<h4>Objectives</h4>To examine the psychometric properties of several wellbeing scales among Latinos in the US, most of which have never been validated in a US-Latino population.<h4>Design</h4>We leveraged secondary baseline data from a one-arm mHealth trial on dementia caregiver support. We included 100 responses for caregiver-focused scales and 88 responses for care recipient-focused scales. Scales included the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire Severity and Distress scales, Six-item Zarit Burden Inventory, Ten-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale, Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease, and Single-item Satisfaction With Life Scale. We calculated concurrent validity using Pearson and Spearman correlations and expected correlation2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Feb2026-06-06T11:32:23.372Z2026-05-29T03:13:10.298ZS-EPMC124929714104957310.1177/07399863241308996