[Short Zarit scale in palliative care].
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to reduce the Zarit scale (ZS) for the assessment of caregiver burden in palliative care.


METHODS
ZS was performed in 61 caregivers of palliative care patients admitted to hospital. The field explored by each item was decided by an expert committee and a logistic regression and ROC curve were performed.


RESULTS
ZS reduction to 7 items was achieved with a sensitivity and specificity of 100%.


CONCLUSIONS
A reduced Zarit scale is useful to identify caregiver burden in palliative care. It is also easy to use.
Gort
Ana M
AM
Gestió de Serveis Sanitaris, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lleida, Spain. angor@gss.scs.es
March
Jaume
J
Gómez
Xavier
X
de Miguel
Mariano
M
Mazarico
Silvia
S
Ballesté
Jordi
J
D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires