Assessment of informal caregiver's needs by self-administered instruments: a literature review.
Background: Clinicians, researchers and politicians are seeking to better assess caregiver's needs. Challenges exist in broadly implementing this so as to provide appropriate support. The aim of this review was to compile self-administered instruments for assessment of caregiver's needs that are dee...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 796 - 802 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=125376594&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 125376594 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11011262 BHW jtl: European Journal of Public Health issn: 11011262 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2017 vid: 27 iid: 5 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 125376594 125376594 125376594 10.1093/eurpub/ckx103 125376594 ppf: 796 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Assessment of informal caregiver's needs by self-administered instruments: a literature review. aug: au: Lefranc, Anne Pérol, David Plantier, Morgane Chatelain, Pierre de Rohan-Chabot, Henri Schell, Matthias affil: Fondation France Repit, Lyon, France sug: subj: Caregivers Instrument Construction Evaluation Needs Assessment Human Systematic Review Medline Psychometrics Summated Rating Scaling ab: Background: Clinicians, researchers and politicians are seeking to better assess caregiver's needs. Challenges exist in broadly implementing this so as to provide appropriate support. The aim of this review was to compile self-administered instruments for assessment of caregiver's needs that are deemed to be scientifically robust. Methods: The Medline database was searched for publications reporting self-administered instruments assessing caregiver's needs with acceptable psychometric properties. These instruments were analyzed in terms of the development context, target population, concept, purpose, structure, content and psychometric properties. The dimensions of the needs were listed and categorized. Results: A total of nine self-administered instruments were analyzed. They averaged 32 items, they were specifically developed for a targeted subpopulation of caregivers and dedicated to epidemiological research. Response devices were based on Likert scales. The main dimensions of the needs identified were 'Health and Care', 'Psychological - Emotional Support', 'Information--Knowledge', 'Social Life--Work--Finance'. None was specifically geared toward caregivers for the elderly, children or teenagers. In the absence of transcultural validation, no instrument was directly usable in Europe. Conclusions: Assessing caregivers' needs is a key part in providing caregivers with appropriate support. The development of self-administered instruments constitutes a complex field that is still underexplored at the international level; strict specifications with psychometric validation are essential. To be efficient, the instrument should be integrated in a larger process including: upstream, recognition, identification and assessment of the overall situation of the caregiver; and downstream, guidance, establishment and follow-up of a suitable action plan. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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