[Short Zarit interview on burden of care for caregivers in primary care].
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.
Regueiro Martínez
Antonio Angel
AA
Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud de Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain. regueiro@cmpont.es
Pérez-Vázquez
Alberto
A
Gómara Villabona
Sonia M
SM
Ferreiro Cruz
M Carmen
MC
D017028:Caregivers; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*