title: Translation and validation of Caregiving Satisfaction Scale into Korean.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to establish the equivalence and to examine the psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Caregiving Satisfaction Scale (CSS). A convenience sample of 44 bilingual Koreans was selected. The Cronbach's alpha for the English and Korean versions were .87 and .90, respectively. There was significant mean difference between items 3 and 12 of the English items and their Korean translations. Pearson's Correlations demonstrated that 13 of the 15 CSS items had significant correlations (r = .35-.75, p < .05) between two versions. The correlation between total scores of both versions was .86 (p < .001). Overall, none of the items would be regarded as having unacceptable numeric properties. According to the fine process for translation, back-translation, and bilingual field test, the Korean version of the CSS appears to have concrete construct validity and reliability for use in measuring caregiver satisfaction in the Korean population.
authors.affiliation: Neurobehavioral Program, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. grson@umich.edu
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zauszniewski
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wykle
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Picot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States