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- Title
The "carers' needs assessment for Schizophrenia": an instrument to assess the needs of relatives caring for schizophrenia patients.
- Authors
Wancata, Johannes; Krautgartner, Monika; Berner, Julia; Scumaci, Sabrina; Freidl, Marion; Alexandrowicz, Rainer; Rittmannsberger, Hans
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>For the purpose of service planning, an instrument was developed for the systematic assessment of interventions needed by the caregivers of schizophrenia patients.<bold>Method: </bold>The development of this instrument was based on in-depth interviews and focus groups. It consists of 18 areas describing common problems of schizophrenia caregivers. For each of these problem areas several possible interventions are offered. Concurrent validity, inter-rater and retest reliability were tested among 50 caregivers.<bold>Results: </bold>The kappa values for the inter-rater reliability are predominantly excellent (kappa > 0.75). The values for the retest reliability show a wide range between excellent (kappa > 0.75) and fair agreement (kappa 0.40-0.60). The significant correlations found between summary scores of this new instrument and several sub-scales of the Family Problem Questionnaire support the assumption that the concurrent validity is satisfactory.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>These results suggest that this instrument is both valid and reliable.
- Subjects
CAREGIVERS; COMPARATIVE studies; FOCUS groups; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL needs assessment; MEDICAL cooperation; NEEDS assessment; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH evaluation; SCHIZOPHRENIA; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2006, Vol 41, Issue 3, p221
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-005-0021-3