title: The Caregiver Well-Being Scale: developing a short-form rapid assessment instrument.
abstract: The Caregiver Well-Being Scale (CWBS) is a 43-item instrument that was designed in the 1990s to help family caregivers, clinicians, and researchers identify areas ofcaregiver strength and areas in which additional support is needed. This article describes the development of a 16-item version of the CWBS and discusses the methods used in testing the psychometric properties of the shortened version in a sample of 493 family caregivers. It concludes that the shortened version is valid, reliable, and easier to use than the original version but has the same goals and continues to be applicable in research and clinical settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA. tebbsc@slu.edu
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tebb
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA.
authors.forename: Marla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berg-Weger
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: Doris M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rubio
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results