Caregiver's burden in rehabilitation is important for both patients physical and mental health. Therefore researching caregivers burden and treatment of any depression or associated any psychological disorders of caregiver is crucial.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
63
The Caregiver Burden Inventory was developed by Canadian researchers.The authors of the instrument stress the importance of using a multidimensional measurement of burden with separate scores for each dimension in as opposed to global or uni-dimensional scores.
Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Research and Education Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Caregiver Burden Inventory
Caregiver Burden Inventory(CBI) first designed by Novak and Guest in 1989 to measure burden of patient's caregiver. Caregiver can be a relative or a professional. CBI consists of 5 different subscales(Time Dependency Items(5 question),Development Items(5 question),Physical Health Items(4 question),Emotional Health Items(5 question),Social Relationship Items(5 question)), a total of 24 questions. Every question should be answered by the caregiver according to a likert scale (0=Never,1=Rarely,2=Sometimes,3=Quite Frequently,4=Nearly Always) and a total of 96 points. 36 point is a limit to a professional help for caregiver and the higher the points get there is more burden for caregiver.
Time frame: 15 days
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