TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview Short Form (ZBI-12) in spouses of Veterans with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury, Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version
JO  - Archives of bone and joint surgery
A1  - Rajabi-Mashhadi, Mohammad T.
A1  - Mashhadinejad, Hosein
A1  - Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad H.
A1  - Golhasani-Keshtan, Farideh
A1  - Ebrahimi, Hanieh
A1  - Zarei, Zahra
SP  - 56
EP  - 63
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: To test the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) in the Iranian population. <br><br>METHODS: After translating and cultural adaptation of the questionnaire into Persian, 100 caregiver spouses of Iran- Iraq war (1980-88) veterans with chronic spinal cord injury who live in the city of Mashhad, Iran, invited to participate in the study. The Persian version of ZBI-12 accompanied with the Persian SF-36 was completed by the caregivers to test validity of the Persian ZBI-12.A Pearson's correlation coefficient was calculated for validity testing. In order to assess reliability of the Persian ZBI-12, we administered the ZBI-12 randomly in 48 caregiver spouses again 3 days later. <br><br>RESULTS: Generally, the internal consistency of the questionnaire was found to be strong (Cronbach's alpha 0.77). Intercorrelation matrix between the different domains of ZBI-12 at test-retest was 0.78. The results revealed that majority of questions the Persian ZBI_12 have a significant correlation to each other. In terms of validity, our results showed that there is significant correlations between some domains of the Persian version the Short Form Health Survey -36 with the Persian Zarit Burden Interview such as Q1 with Role Physical (P=0.03),General Health (P=0.034),Social Functional (0.037), Mental Health (0.023) and Q3 with Physical Function (P=0.001),Viltality (0.002), Socil Function (0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the Zarit Burden Interview Persian version is both a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the burden of caregivers of individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2345-4644
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -