title: [Scales for evaluation of the overload of caregivers of patients with stroke].
abstract: The objective of the study was to evaluate the available productions in literature about scales to measure the overload of caregivers of patients with stroke. It was carried out a bibliographical revision in three databases: LILACS, CINAHL and SCOPUS. In 23 works, 24 different scales were identified, and the most cited were: the Caregiver Strain Index, the Caregiver Burden Scale, the Caregiver Reaction Assessment, the Sense of Competence Questionnaire, the Relatives Stress Scale and the Zarit Burden Interview. The use of scales to measure the overload is an important tool to evaluate the context in which the caregiver is inserted, but is more trustworthy to use more than one measure instrument than use only one. Therefore, the validation of scales becomes important for this population.
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. railkaufc@yahoo.com.br
authors: Ana Railka de Souza
authors: AR
authors: Oliveira
authors: Alice Gabrielle de Sousa
authors: AG
authors: Costa
authors: Vanessa Emille Carvalho de
authors: VE
authors: Sousa
authors: Thelma Leite de
authors: TL
authors: Araujo
authors: Viviane Martins da
authors: VM
authors: Silva
authors: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors: MV
authors: Lopes
authors: Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão
authors: MV
authors: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing; D016526:Workload / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*