Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):416-423

Quality of life of caregivers in providing care of the dying: psychometric analysis of instruments

Radka Šerfelová
Department of Nursing, Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Aim: The paper has the design of the cross-sectional study. The aim of the study was to test the psychometric properties of the quality of life (Caregiver Quality of Life Index of Cancer) the caregivers who provide care of the dying patients in terms of forms of care.

Methods: The sample of our research consisted of 263 non-professional caregivers, providing home care of the dying, combined care and palliative care in three districts of the Slovak Republic (Prešovský, Žilinský, Banskobystrický). Psychometric properties of the instrument used in our study were tested on the basis of the analysis of the reliability, of the correlation analysis and factor analysis.

Results: Factor analysis of questionnaire CQOLC in our research confirmed the four-factor structure of the instrument CQOLC (burden/lifestyle disruption; social support; a positive adaptation; the financial concerns). Extracted the factors on the basis of the answers of the respondents in our research are not completely identical with the original version CQOLC. The best construct validity and reliability of the CQOLC we have confirmed with the caregivers, who provide a home care of the dying patients.

Conclusion: Psychometric analysis of the questionnaires we found that, the reliability and construct validity is comparable to the original version of CQOLC, despite variations in the location of some items. The CQOLC could thus form the basis for the implementation of the assessment of the quality of life of non-professional caregivers in the context of care for the dying at home.

Keywords: Caregiver Quality of Life Index Cancer Scale, caregiver, quality of life, reliability, construct validity

Published: September 30, 2012  Show citation

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