title: [Desing and validation of a scale to measure caregiving dedication in caregivers of dependent older people].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and validate a scale to measure caregiving dedication regarding activities of daily living in caregivers of dependent older people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary Health Care (Andalusia, Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  a probabilistic sample of 200 caregivers of older relatives from Córdoba, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Content validation by experts, construct validity (by exploratory factor analysis), divergent validity and reliability (internal consistency, test-retest reliability and inter-observers reliability).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cronbach's alpha was 0.86. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient was 0.96 for test-retest reliability and 0.88 for inter-observers reliability. When the sample was divided in two groups according to perceived burden level (presence and absence), the perceived burden was significantly different in each group (P=.001). The factor analysis revealed one only factor that explained 64% of the variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scale allows a suitable measure of caregiving dedication regarding activities of daily living in caregivers of older people, because this scale allows a quickly, easy administration, is well accepted by caregivers, has acceptable psychometric results and includes the frequency of caregiving, the kind of attended need and the dependence level in each need.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serrano-Ortega
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España. Electronic address: afrias@ujaen.es.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frías-Osuna
authors.affiliation: ZBS Bujalance, Distrito Sanitario Guadalquivir, Córdoba, España.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Recio-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del-Pino-Casado
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Caregivers; Caregiving dedication; Dedicación al cuidado; Dependent elderly; Mayores dependientes; Personas cuidadoras