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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2021

Validation of the Hungarian version of the CarerQol instrument in informal caregivers: results from a cross-sectional survey among the general population in Hungary.

Petra Baji, Werner B F Brouwer, Job van Exel, Dominik Golicki, Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, Zsombor Zrubka, László Gulácsi, Valentin Brodszky, Fanni Rencz, Márta Péntek

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  1. The validation of the CarerQol instrument and factors associated with quality of life among informal caregivers of disabled older adults in China.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  2. The value of social robots supporting informal care: a discrete choice experiment among informal caregivers.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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  5. Assessing the psychometric performance of the EQ-5D-5L among informal caregivers of people with dementia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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Petra BajiDepartment of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Budapest, 1093, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2899-8557
Werner B F BrouwerErasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-8397
Job van ExelErasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-1777
Dominik GolickiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1b, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-4760
Valentina Prevolnik RupelInstitute for Economic Research, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1238-7156
Zsombor ZrubkaDepartment of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Budapest, 1093, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1992-6087
László GulácsiDepartment of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Budapest, 1093, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9285-8746
Valentin BrodszkyDepartment of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Budapest, 1093, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6095-2295
Fanni RenczDepartment of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Budapest, 1093, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-620X
Márta PéntekDepartment of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Budapest, 1093, Hungary. marta.pentek@uni-corvinus.hu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-6012

Funding

Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary NKFIH-1163-10/2019
6 · The paper itself

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purposeThe CarerQol instrument has been designed and validated as an instrument able to measure both the positive and the negative impacts of caregiving on the quality of life of informal caregivers (CarerQol-7D), as well as their general happiness (CarerQol-VAS). The aim of this study was to assess the construct validity of the CarerQol in the Hungarian context.

methodsThe CarerQol was translated into Hungarian. Subsequently, in a cross-sectional online survey, representative for the general Hungarian population (N = 1000), informal caregivers were identified (N = 149, female 51.2%, mean age 53.2). Clinical, convergent and discriminant validity of the CarerQol were evaluated in relation to the caregivers' and care recipients' EQ-5D-5L health status, and caregiving situation characteristics.

resultsAverage CarerQol-7D and CarerQol-VAS scores were 76.0 (SD 16.2) and 6.8 (SD 2.3), respectively. CarerQol-7D and CarerQol-VAS scores were significantly correlated with caregiving time (r = - 0.257; - 0.212), caregivers' EQ-5D-5L scores (r = 0.453; 0.326) and the CarerQol-7D also with care recipients' EQ-5D-5L scores (r = 0.247). CarerQol-7D scores differed significantly with relevant caregiving characteristics (e.g. nature and severity of care recipients' health status, sharing household) and both the CarerQol-7D and CarerQol-VAS with the overall care experience.

conclusionOur findings confirmed the validity of the Hungarian language version of the CarerQol and support the cross-cultural validity of the instrument. CarerQol-7D scores performed better in distinguishing caregiving situation characteristics than the general happiness measure CarerQol-VAS. Care recipients' health status was only weakly associated with informal caregivers' care-related quality of life and happiness. Caregivers' own health and caregiving circumstances were more strongly associated with these scores.

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CaregiversCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansHungaryLanguageMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesBurdenCarerQolEQ-5D-5LInformal careValidation

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