title: Conceptualization and psychometric properties of the Caregiver Burden Scale in Taiwan.
abstract: Families in Taiwan bear a heavy burden in caring for their elders. This paper presents a conceptualization of caregiver burden and data on the psychometric properties of the Caregiver Burden Scale. A convenient sample of 148 Taiwanese caregivers of elders with a stroke was recruited. Factor analysis showed three factors, awareness of degeneration of both care receiver and giver; time and finance constraints and readjustment; and guilt and blame, which accounted for 55.85% of the variance; Cronbach's alpha was .92. Some aspects of caregiving unique to caregivers and issues in the measurement of burden in Taiwan are presented.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Hsueh-Fen S
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Gayle J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Acton
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011594:Psychometrics; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan; D013997:Time Factors