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The CAREQOL-MS was a useful instrument to measure caregiver quality of life in multiple sclerosis by Julián Benito-León; Jesús Rivera-Navarro; Angel Luis Guerrero; Virginia de las Heras; José Balseiro; Elena Rodríguez; Mireia Belló; Pablo Martínez-Martín is a Decision Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objective: To develop and test the first specific instrument for assessing caregiver health-related quality of life (hrqol) in multiple sclerosis (ms) (careqol-ms). ## Study design and setting: Questionnaire items were derived from a literature review and the views of patients, caregivers, and experts. instrument was reduced after the analyses of caregivers' interviews and experts' opinions. careqol-ms psychometric properties were assessed in 276 ms caregivers. ## Results: The final version consisted of 24 items (five subscales) and was free of floor or ceiling effects. for subscales, the cronbach's alpha coefficient ranged from 0.75 to 0.90. the item-total correlation was 0.62-0.74 for subscale i (physical burden/global health); 0.56-0.74 for subscale ii (social impact); 0.52-0.62 for subscale iii (emotional impact), and 0.58-0.65 for subscale iv (need of help); subscale v (emotional reactions) had only two items. the intraclass correlation coefficient (0.96 for the total score; 0.75-0.95 for subscales) suggested satisfactory reproducibility. association was close between careqol-ms subscales and the zarit burden interview and moderate with short form 36 mental/physical compone
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- Author
- Julián Benito-León; Jesús Rivera-Navarro; Angel Luis Guerrero; Virginia de las Heras; José Balseiro; Elena Rodríguez; Mireia Belló; Pablo Martínez-Martín
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Decision Sciences (Social Sciences)