title: Development and psychometric testing of a chinese version of the caregiver burden index for parents of children with allergies.
abstract: BACKGROUNG: No specific instrument has thus far been developed for measuring the caregiver burden perceived by parents of children with allergies (CWA).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the psychometric properties of the Caregiver Burden Index (CBI).
  
  
  METHODS
  A mixed-methods design was adopted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The content validity index was 0.89, and the internal consistency was high with a coefficient alpha of 0.98. Three factors were extracted after exploratory factor analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study findings suggest that the CBI has sufficient reliability and validity to evaluate the caregiver burden of parents of CWA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Pei-Ching
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: bsgau@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Bih-Shya
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Yuan-Pei Institute of Technology, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chao-Chia
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D036301:Qualitative Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014175:Translating
keywords: Allergic disorders; Caregiver burden; Children; Children with allergies (CWA); Instrument development; Parenting stress; Parents