Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment

• Autor(a) principal: Mota,Fernanda Rochelly do Nascimento
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Victor,Janaína Fonseca, Silva,Maria Josefina da, Soares,Edson Silva, Oriá,Mônica Oliveira Batista, Marques,Marília Braga, Freitas,Maria Célia de, Alves,Allana Mirella
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018000800827
• topic: Elderly Man; Caregivers; Validation Studies; Geriatrics; Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the validity based on the internal structure and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA) applied to informal caregivers of dependent elderly. Method: A methodological study with 120 informal caregivers of the elderly. Validity based on the internal structure evaluated by exploratory factorial analysis, with extraction of main factorial axes, varimax orthogonal rotation and retention of factors by parallel analysis. Reliability assessed by Cronbach’s alpha. Results: The instrument revealed a factorial structure different from the original version: three factors were identified, equivalent to subscales, self-esteem, daily activities and family support, with explained variance of 42%. The values of the Cronbach alpha for the items belonging to each subscale were, respectively: 0.71, 0.81 and 0.83. Conclusion: The Brazilian version of CRA presents good evidence of validity based on internal structure and is reliable, and can be used to assess the overload of informal caregivers of dependent elderly.