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<PublisherName></PublisherName>
<JournalTitle>International Journal of Preventive Medicine</JournalTitle>
<Issn>2008-7802</Issn>
<Volume>1</Volume>
<Issue>4</Issue>
<PubDate>
<Year>2010</Year>
<Month>10</Month>
<Day>31</Day>
</PubDate>
</Journal>
<ArticleTitle>Development of a Caregiver Burden Questionnaire for the Patients with Dementia in Iran</ArticleTitle>
<FirstPage>31</FirstPage>
<LastPage>31</LastPage>
<Language>EN</Language>
<AuthorList>
<Author>
<FirstName>Ibrahim</FirstName>
<LastName>Abdollahpour</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Saharnaz</FirstName>
<LastName>Nedjat</LastName>
<Affiliation>Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department of Public Health School, Knowledge Utilization Research Center, TUMS, Tehran.. nejatsan@tums.ac.ir</Affiliation>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Maryam</FirstName>
<LastName>Noroozian</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Banafsheh</FirstName>
<LastName>Golestan</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Reza</FirstName>
<LastName>Majdzadeh</LastName>
</Author>
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<History>
<PubDate>
<Year>2010</Year>
<Month>10</Month>
<Day>31</Day>
</PubDate>
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<Abstract>ABSTRACT Objectives: The purpose of this study was to design a valid questionnaire suitable to the Iranian culture to measure the stress mounted on dementia caregivers. Methods: In order to design a valid and reliable tool, the stages of content validation were performed as follows: 1- Development: search of relevant electronic databanks and use of experts and caregivers&rsquo; opinions to prepare appropriate content, review and correction of the content through consecutive focus group discussions with experts. 2- Judgment Quantification: determination of inter-rater agreement (IRA), relevancy and clarity of each of the items and the tool as a whole. Reliability was measured with Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha, and repeatability was measured with intra-cluster correlation through repeated test-piloting at 2-3 week intervals. Results: Using a conservative approach, the IRA for the overall relevancy and clarity of the tool was 87.87% and 81.81%, respectively. Through overall agreement (the items that were recognized as appropriate by 100% of the specialists were divided by the total number of items) the overall relevancy of the tool obtained was 98.62%. The overall clarity of the tool was calculated through the mean clarity of the questions and was 99.3%, and eventually its comprehensiveness was 100%. The overall Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha was 94% and the intra-cluster correlation that was obtained through comparing the overall score of the questionnaire in the pre-test and test phase was 97%. Conclusions: The new tool has good reliability and validity suitable to Iranian dementia patients and their caregivers&rsquo; culture. Researchers can use this tool to monitor the pressure mounted on dementia caregivers and to assess interventions in this group.Keywords: Content validity, Questionnaire development, Caregiver burden, Dementia.</Abstract>
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