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[Short Zarit interview on burden of care for caregivers in primary care]
Antonio Angel Regueiro Martínez1, Alberto Pérez-Vázquez, Sonia M Gómara Villabona
1Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud de Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain. regueiro@cmpont.es
Objective:
To determine which Short Zarit Interview behaves best for use in establishing caregivers' burden in primary care.
Design:
Study of validation of diagnostic tests.
Location:
Vilaboa Health Centre, Pontevedra, Spain.
Participants:
Main caregivers of elderly dependent patients who live at home.
Interventions:
Katz Index to determine dependence, Zarit Burden of Care Interview and palliative care version of the Short Zarit Interview, Bédard, Bédard screening version, and the Japanese version.
Main Measurements:
Zarit Interview in its 22-item version, with subsequent calculation of the sensitivity (S), specificity (Sp), positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of the various reduced versions.
Results:
The Short Zarit Interview used in palliative care cases to determine the family giving up has an S of 100%, Sp 90.5%, PPV 95.45%, and NPV 100% in defining caregivers' burden in primary care.
Conclusions:
The scale that behaves best in primary care is the Short Zarit Interview for palliative care.
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