TY - JOUR
T1 - Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview
T2 - Psychometric Properties in Family Caregivers of People with Intellectual Disabilities
AU - Domínguez-Vergara, Julio
AU - Santa-Cruz-Espinoza, Henry
AU - Chávez-Ventura, Gina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2/1
Y1 - 2023/2/1
N2 - Caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities may feel overburdened in their work and experience negative psychological consequences. The purpose of this instrumental study was to determine the evidence of internal structure and reliability of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview scale. A total of 398 family caregivers, including women and men, participated (M = 47.33, SD = 10.44). The structure of the scale was evaluated by factor analysis and the McDonald Omega coefficient was used to estimate reliability. Sixteen models of the scale were tested, differing in number of items and factor structures. A model of 15 items and 4 dimensions (overload, competence, social relationship, and interpersonal relationship) obtained acceptable fit (χ2 = 184.72; p < 0.001; CFI = 0.95; TLI = 0.94; RMSEA = 0.055; SRMR = 0.05) and reliability coefficients above 0.70 in their dimensions. It is concluded that the Zarit scale is valid and reliable for use in caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities.
AB - Caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities may feel overburdened in their work and experience negative psychological consequences. The purpose of this instrumental study was to determine the evidence of internal structure and reliability of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview scale. A total of 398 family caregivers, including women and men, participated (M = 47.33, SD = 10.44). The structure of the scale was evaluated by factor analysis and the McDonald Omega coefficient was used to estimate reliability. Sixteen models of the scale were tested, differing in number of items and factor structures. A model of 15 items and 4 dimensions (overload, competence, social relationship, and interpersonal relationship) obtained acceptable fit (χ2 = 184.72; p < 0.001; CFI = 0.95; TLI = 0.94; RMSEA = 0.055; SRMR = 0.05) and reliability coefficients above 0.70 in their dimensions. It is concluded that the Zarit scale is valid and reliable for use in caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities.
KW - caregiver
KW - intellectual disability
KW - overload
KW - psychometry
KW - validity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85148737898
U2 - 10.3390/ejihpe13020029
DO - 10.3390/ejihpe13020029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148737898
SN - 2174-8144
VL - 13
SP - 391
EP - 402
JO - European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
JF - European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
IS - 2
ER -