ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2019
Assessing the Reliability and Validity of a Brief Measure of Caregiver Quality of Life.
Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Advancing the measurement of caregiver impact: Data collection priorities aligned with caregiver, health technology assessment, and policy stakeholders.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2026Review
- Quality of Life of Caregivers of Patients with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Depressive Symptoms in Caregivers of Hospice Cancer Patients.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2024Article
- Family Members' Perceptions of Caregiver-Centered Communication with Hospice Interdisciplinary Teams: Relationship to Caregiver Wellbeing.Journal of palliative care · 2023Article
- Family caregiving experiences with hospice lung cancer patients compared to other cancer types.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2023Article
- "It was terrible, I didn't sleep for two years": A mixed methods exploration of sleep and its effects among family caregivers of in-home hospice patients at end-of-life.Palliative medicine · 2022Article
- Facebook Online Support Groups for Hospice Family Caregivers of Advanced Cancer Patients: Protocol, Facilitation Skills and Promising Outcomes.Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative careArticle
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Abstract
contextThere is a need for brief measurement instruments that do not cause burden to hospice caregivers. The Caregiver Quality of Life Index (CQLI) has been used in several studies, but assessment of its psychometric properties has been minimal. The CQLI-R (revised) instrument was found to have equivalent properties but also has had minimal testing in small samples.
objectiveThis study sought to evaluate the reliability and validity of the CQLI-R.
methodsData were used from three hospice clinical trials. Reliability was assessed using test-retest and an item analysis. Construct validity was evaluated by comparing items to similar items within the same data set.
resultsTest-rest and item analysis found moderate-to-good reliability. Construct validity found significance in comparison of CQLI-R items with those of similar instruments.
conclusionsThe CQLI-R is an easy-to-use instrument to assess caregiver quality of life. Despite adequate reliability and construct validity, further evidence is needed to support content validity.
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