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| Development and initial validation of an inventory to assess grief in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Samuel J Marwit, Thomas M Meuser |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 42, no 6, December 2002 |
| Pages | pp 751-765 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Spouses as carers ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Stress ; Bereavement ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A total of 184 statements relating to personal grief reactions were obtained from 45 adult child and 42 spouse caregivers in 16 focus groups representing early, middle, late and post-death stages. These were presented to a second sample of 83 adult child and 83 spouse caregivers who rated them according to their current experience. Also administered were the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Anticipatory Grief Scale (AGS), the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI), the Caregiver Well-being Scale - Basic Needs, and the Perceived Social Support - Family Questionnaire. Factor analysis resulted in a 50-item scale containing three factors: personal sacrifice burden; heartfelt sadness and longing; and worry and felt isolation. High internal consistency reliability was indicated in Crohnbach's alpha scores; and correlation of each factor with other measures provide evidence of validity, especially when assessed in the context of the caregiver grief model. A scale such as this may be appropriate for use in supportive, clinical and research settings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030305202 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SN: P6:SS: QNH: DW: 4C: 7T |
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