title: [Short Zarit interview on burden of care for caregivers in primary care].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine which Short Zarit Interview behaves best for use in establishing caregivers' burden in primary care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study of validation of diagnostic tests.
  
  
  METHODS
  Vilaboa Health Centre, Pontevedra, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Main caregivers of elderly dependent patients who live at home.
  
  
  METHODS
  Katz Index to determine dependence, Zarit Burden of Care Interview and palliative care version of the Short Zarit Interview, Bédard, Bédard screening version, and the Japanese version.
  
  
  METHODS
  Zarit Interview in its 22-item version, with subsequent calculation of the sensitivity (S), specificity (Sp), positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of the various reduced versions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Short Zarit Interview used in palliative care cases to determine the family giving up has an S of 100%, Sp 90.5%, PPV 95.45%, and NPV 100% in defining caregivers' burden in primary care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scale that behaves best in primary care is the Short Zarit Interview for palliative care.
authors.affiliation: Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud de Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain. regueiro@cmpont.es
authors.forename: Antonio Angel
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Regueiro Martínez
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez-Vázquez
authors.forename: Sonia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gómara Villabona
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ferreiro Cruz
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*