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 ...
This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral factors and receiving information about the vaccine against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) associated with vaccination of elderly people. Study of quantitative and transversal nature, in which 286 elderly residents in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil participated. The association between variables was analyzed by the Pearson chi-square test, consid...
The aim of the research was to analyze the psychometric properties of Family APGAR, in a sample of 430 elders in the municipality of Fortaleza, Brazil. The reliability was tested through Cronbach's alpha, the constructed validity was confirmed with an exploratory factorial analysis (Varimax rotation), and the validity of criterion was seen in the correlation between Family APGAR and the defining characteristics...
This study a imed to perform the trans cultural adaptation of the Care giver Reaction Assessment (CRA ) for burden evaluation of informal caregivers of Brazilians dependent e lderly , and to verify the validity and re li a bility of the Brazilian vers ion. For this, we obtained a copy - right authorization of the authors of the ori ginal version instrument . This is a methodological and quantitative study. The ...
The aim of the research was to analyze the psychometric properties of Family APGAR, in a sample of 430 elders in the municipality of Fortaleza, Brazil. The reliability was tested through Cronbach's alpha, the constructed validity was confirmed with an exploratory factorial analysis (Varimax rotation), and the validity of criterion was seen in the correlation between Family APGAR and the defining characteristics...
Objective: recognizing the self-assessment of quality of life (QOL) of older people caring for elderly from the WHOQOL-BREF tool. Method: a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study, of quantitative nature carried out from February to April 2013 in Fortaleza (CE) with 151 older people caring for elderly. It was used as a research tool the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument-bref (WHOQOL-b...
Objective: tracking potentially violent behavior committed against the elderly by caregivers, with the use of the instrument Caregiver Abuse Screen/CASE. Method: Exploratory, descriptive quantitative study, carried out with 157 caregivers of elderly in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Data were collected at home, from January to March/2012. It was applied descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. It obtained appro...
This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral factors and receiving information about the vaccine against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) associated with vaccination of elderly people. Study of quantitative and transversal nature, in which 286 elderly residents in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil participated. The association between variables was analyzed by the Pearson chi-square test, consid...