title: Clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis caregiver role strain in the Czech Republic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to clinically validate the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis caregiver role strain in the Czech Republic.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study. The patient-focused clinical diagnostic validity model was used for clinical validation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only two major defining characteristics were identified for caregiver role strain in a sample of 225 caregivers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study has identified the most frequently present defining characteristics related to the nursing diagnosis caregiver role strain in a caregiver population in the Czech Republic caring for their loved ones in home settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important that defining characteristics aid diagnosis and direct nursing interventions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Renáta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeleníková
authors.forename: Radka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kozáková
authors.forename: Darja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jarošová
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: Caregiver; caregiver role strain; defining characteristic; nursing diagnosis; validation