Study on reliability and validity of Chinese version of Family Caregiver Task Inventory in the relatives of mental disorders patients / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To revise the Chinese version of Caregiver Task Inventory (CTI-C) and to evaluate its reliability and validity in family members of mental disorder patients.Methods:Chinese version of Caregiver Task Inventory was revised and adjusted and a survey in a convenience sample of 175 family members of mental disorder patients treated in Jining Psychiatric Hospital was conducted with revised Chinese version of Caregiver Task Inventory (CTI-RC). Two weeks later, another survey 30 of the 175 participants with the CTI-RC were carried out for retesting. After that, item analysis, content validity analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis and confirmatory factor analysis for the CTI-RC were implemented.Results:The CTI-RC included five common factors learning to cope with new role, providing care according to care-receiver′s needs, managing own emotional needs, appraising supportive resources, balancing caregiving needs and own needs, covering 25 items. The reliability analysis showed that Cronbach α of the CTI-RC and its 5 factors of learning to cope with new role, providing care according to care-receiver′s needs, managing own emotional needs, appraising supportive resources, balancing caregiving needs and own needs was 0.850, 0.871, 0.887, 0.817, 0.851, 0.841, respectively. The test-retest reliability of the CTI-RC was 0.878.Conclusions:The revised Chinese version of Caregiver Task Inventory has good reliability and validity, and thus, appear to assess valid dimensions of caring ability in family member of individuals with mental disorders.