Boon Kheng Seng|Nan Luo|Wai Yee Ng|Jun Pei Lim|Hui Ling Chionh|Jenny Goh|Philip Yap
Validity and Reliability of the Zarit Burden Interview in Assessing Caregiving Burden
National University of Singapore|National University of Singapore|National University of Singapore|National University of Singapore|Alexandra Hospital|Alexandra Hospital|Alexandra Hospital
introduction study aims validate zarit burden interview instrument measure level burden experienced caregivers patients dementia pwd singapore materials methods adult family caregivers pwd recruited ambulatory dementia clinic tertiary hospital alzheimers disease association subjects completed battery questionnaires consisted demographic questions following instruments zarit burden interview zbi burden assessment scale bas general health questionnaire ghq28 dementia management strategies scale dmss revised memory behaviour problems checklist rmbpc subgroup subjects also completed zbi second time 2 weeks fi rst survey results total 238 subjects completed survey hypothesised zarit burden score strongly correlated bas ghq28 dmss rmbpc scores pearsons correlation coefficient 053 073 caregivers undertook major role caregiving spent gt1 year caregiving experienced financial problems higher zarit burden scores main carers 1 year caregiving reported nominimal financial problems respectively cronbachs alpha value zbi items 093 intraclass correlation coefficient testretest reliability zarit burden score 089 n 149 conclusion results study demonstrated zarit burden interview valid reliable instrument measuring burden caregivers pwd singapore key words caregiver dementia scale validation