title: [Short Zarit scale in palliative care].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gestió de Serveis Sanitaris, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lleida, Spain. angor@gss.scs.es
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gort
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: March
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Miguel
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazarico
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballesté
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires