Assessing the burden of caregivers of patients with mental disorders

dc.contributor.author	Σαπουνά, Βασιλική	el
dc.contributor.author	Δαφέρμος, Βασίλης	el
dc.contributor.author	Χατζηαρσένης, Μάριος	el
dc.contributor.author	Βιβιλάκη, Βικτώρια	el
dc.contributor.author	Μπίτσιος, Πάνος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-07T18:07:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-07T18:07:49Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/15517
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com	en
dc.subject	Ψυχικές διαταραχές
dc.subject	Family
dc.subject	Φροντιστές
dc.subject	Οικογένεια
dc.subject	Mental disorders
dc.title	Assessing the burden of caregivers of patients with mental disorders	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	translating and validating the involvement evaluation questionnaire into Greek	en
heal.classification	Health
heal.classification	Mental health
heal.classification	Υγεία
heal.classification	Ψυχική υγεία
heal.classificationURI	http://skos.um.es/unescothes/C01771
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006455
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Υγεία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ψυχική υγεία
heal.contributorName	Schene, Aart	en
heal.contributorName	Λιόνης, Χρήστος	el
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-12-3
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.publicationDate	2013
heal.bibliographicCitation	Sapouna, V., Dafermos, V., Chatziarsenis, M., Vivilaki, V., Bitsios, P. et al. (2013) Assessing the burden of caregivers of patients with mental disorders: Translating and validating the involvement evaluation questionnaire into Greek. "Annals of General Psychiatry", 12 (1)	en
heal.abstract	The changes in the organization of mental health care services have made the role of the family even more important in caring for patients with mental disorders. Caring may have serious consequences for family caregivers, with a great impact on the quality of family life. This study reports on the translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire-European Union (IEQ-EU) into the Greek language.Methods: Caregivers of patients with major mental disorders were interviewed to test a modified version of the IEQ-EU questionnaire. Psychometric measurements included reliability coefficients, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory analysis by linear structural relations. To measure the concurrent validity we used the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP).Results: Most caregivers were female (83%), mainly mothers living with the patient (80%), with quite a high level of burden. The Greek version of the IEQ-EU (G-IEQ-EU) demonstrated a good reliability with high internal consistency (α = 0.88), Guttman split-half correlation of 0.71, high test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.82) and good concurrent validity with the NHP. A four-factor structure was confirmed for the G-IEQ-EU, slightly different from the original IEQ. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the four-factor model offered modest fit to our data.Conclusions: The G-IEQ-EU is a reasonably valid and reliable tool for use in both clinical and research contexts in order to assess the burden of caregivers of patients with mental disorders.	en
heal.journalName	Annals of General Psychiatry	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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