title: The Informal Caregiver Burden Assessment Questionnaire: validation for Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the dimensionality, convergent construct validity and internal consistency of the Informal Caregiver Burden Assessment Questionnaire (QASCI) after its semantic adaptation to Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  this methodological study was developed with 132 informal caregivers of elders who are dependent of help for basic or instrumental activities of daily living, in a capital city in Northeast Brazil. Quality of life measures related to health, anxiety and depression were used in the analysis of the convergent construct validity of the QASCI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the results of the instrument construct validation evidenced statistically significant correlations with the three measures. The confirmatory factor analysis evidenced good adjustment of the theoretical model of seven factors (domains) of the version used in the group studied. Cronbach's alpha for the scale total was 0.92.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the Brazilian version of the QASCI was considered to be valid and reliable for assessing the burden of informal elder caregivers.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Edilene Araújo
authors: EA
authors: Monteiro
authors: Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Suleimy Cristina
authors: SC
authors: Mazin
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
authors: RA
authors: Dantas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult