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Reconstruction of a caregiver burden scale
— identifying culturally sensitive items in Saudi Arabia | | Author(s) | Eradah O Hamad, Ahmad N AlHadi, Paul F Tremblay |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 37, no 2, June 2018 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, June 2018 |
| Pages | pp 218-233 |
| Source | http://www.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Family care ; Dementia ; Stress ; Measurement ; Instruments ; Cross cultural surveys ; Saudi Arabia. |
| Annotation | The present study adapted the Montgomery Borgatta Caregiver Burden Scale, used widely in the United States, to the Saudi Arabian context. To produce an Arabic, culturally sensitive version of the scale the study conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 Saudi family caregivers. Families were largely composed of older members with dementia. The Arabic version of the scale was tested and participants were asked to comment on the appropriateness of items for the construct of 'caregiver burden' using the repertory grid technique and laddering procedure _ two constructivist methods derived from personal construct theory. From interview findings the study then examined the content of the items and the caregiver burden construct itself. Findings suggested that the use of constructivist methods to refine constructs and quantitative instruments is highly informative. This strategy is feasible even when little is known about the investigated constructs in the target culture and further elucidates understanding of cross-cultural variations or invariance of different versions of the scale. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180525246 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: EA: QNH: 3R: YW4: 3KA: 7EA |
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