Validation of the Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers - cancer scale in an Asian population
Background: The Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers- Cancer (NAFC-C) scale is shown to have adequate psychometric properties in assessing family caregiver needs during the cancer journey and its psychometric properties have been studied only in Western populations. This study sought to validate th...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1486482023-03-05T16:43:11Z Validation of the Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers - cancer scale in an Asian population Yang, Winson Fu Zun Liu, Jianlin Chan, Yiong Huak Griva, Konstadina Kuparasundram, Sangita Mahendran, Rathi Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::Medicine Family Caregivers Caregiver Needs Background: The Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers- Cancer (NAFC-C) scale is shown to have adequate psychometric properties in assessing family caregiver needs during the cancer journey and its psychometric properties have been studied only in Western populations. This study sought to validate the NAFC-C in an Asian population for wider applicability. Methods: Participants (n= 363) completed questions on sociodemographics, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale,the Zarit Burden Interview, the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer scale, and the NAFC-C. Results: Results revealed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity of the NAFC-C.Confirmatory factor analysis did not demonstrate a good fit of the NAFC-C in our sample. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a similar factor structure in this study’s population. Further reliability and validity analyses with the EFA factor structure demonstrated similar reliability and validity assessments. Conclusions: The NAFC-C is shown to be applicable in an Asian population. It would be a useful instrument for determining family caregivers’ needs and to inform future interventions to address those needs and improve or maintain quality of life in both patients and their caregivers. Published version 2021-05-19T07:43:09Z 2021-05-19T07:43:09Z 2020 Journal Article Yang, W. F. Z., Liu, J., Chan, Y. H., Griva, K., Kuparasundram, S. & Mahendran, R. (2020). Validation of the Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers - cancer scale in an Asian population. BMC Psychology, 8(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00445-x 2050-7283 0000-0003-4213-7163 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148648 10.1186/s40359-020-00445-x 32787927 2-s2.0-85089607488 1 8 en BMC Psychology © 2020 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data application/pdf |
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Background: The Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers- Cancer (NAFC-C) scale is shown to have adequate psychometric properties in assessing family caregiver needs during the cancer journey and its psychometric properties have been studied only in Western populations. This study sought to validate the NAFC-C in an Asian population for wider applicability. Methods: Participants (n= 363) completed questions on sociodemographics, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale,the Zarit Burden Interview, the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer scale, and the NAFC-C. Results: Results revealed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity of the NAFC-C.Confirmatory factor analysis did not demonstrate a good fit of the NAFC-C in our sample. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a similar factor structure in this study’s population. Further reliability and validity analyses with the EFA factor structure demonstrated similar reliability and validity assessments. Conclusions: The NAFC-C is shown to be applicable in an Asian population. It would be a useful instrument for determining family caregivers’ needs and to inform future interventions to address those needs and improve or maintain quality of life in both patients and their caregivers. |
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