Psychometric properties of the sel-administered version of the " self-care requisites scale" among carers for  the mentally ill

Albacar-Ribóo, Núria; Lleixà-Fortuño, Mar; Lluch-Canut, Teresa; Sequeira, Carlos; Carvalho, José Carlos; Roldán-Merino, Juan

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Carvalho, José Carlos

Roldán-Merino, Juan

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INTRODUCTION: People with schizophrenia frequently need the assistance of a family member who may then become the main carer for the patient. For the carer this may be a di!cult and complicated situation that needs to be taken into account in the design of healthcare intervention. Our plan was to carry out an evaluation of the carer, using the “Self-care Requisites Scale” of Roldan (2011). "e aim of the study was to adapt the scale in such a way that it could be self-administered. METHODOLOGY: "e design was carried out in two phases. First the questionnaire was adapted so that it could be self-administered; this was done by consensus among a group of experts. In the second phase we analyzed the psychometric properties of the results in terms of reliability and validity. RESULTS: "e de#nitive questionnaire consisted of 35 items and 6 dimensions. "e internal consistency coe!cient for the instrument overall was 0.85. "e strongest correlations were obtained between the majority of the sub-scales and the total scale. CONCLUSIONS: "e “Self-care Requisites Scale” is easily self-administered by the carers of people su$ering schizophrenia. "e results, in terms of both reliability and validity, were good.