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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Τhe Greek Version of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI) and MM-CGI Short Form (MM-CGI-SF): An Examination of Their Psychometric Properties in Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia Before Death.

Efthymia Tsigkou, Konstantina Athina Tsironi, Georgia Papantoniou, Maria Sofologi, Georgios Kougioumtzis, Ioanna Giannoula Katsouri, Despina Moraitou, Magda Tsolaki

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Efthymia TsigkouNeurosciences and Neurodegenerative Diseases Postgraduate Course, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0003-1151-7160
Konstantina Athina TsironiDepartment of Caregiver's Support, Greek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (GAADRD), 54643 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0004-0326-536X
Georgia PapantoniouLaboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Maria SofologiLaboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0380-2220
Georgios KougioumtzisDepartment of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies, Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2362-2094
Ioanna Giannoula KatsouriDepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of West Attica, 12241 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0009-0006-2036-2289
Despina MoraitouLaboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI-AUTH), Balkan Center, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 10th km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0527-7143
Magda TsolakiDepartment of Caregiver's Support, Greek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (GAADRD), 54643 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2072-8010

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Family caregivers of dementia patients experience grief, not only after the death of the patient, but also during the course of the disease. The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version (full and short) of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI and MM-CGI Short Form) before death in a sample of Greek caregivers of persons with dementia. In particular, the study attempts to test the internal consistency reliability as well as the structural and convergent validity of the inventory. The inventory was administered to 515 family caregivers (offsprings and spouses) along with a socio-demographic information form, the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) exploratively to a subset of dementia patients cared for by survey participants. The application of confirmatory factor analyses revealed a slightly different structure of the Greek version of the MM-CGI, but they fully verified the structure of the Greek version of the MM-CGI-SF. Both the internal consistency reliability and the convergent validity of the subscales of the Greek version of the MM-CGI-SF were good. The findings of the present study indicate that the short version of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory is a reliable and valid tool for the early assessment of aspects of grief among the Greek population of family caregivers of dementia patients, in order to potentiate the prevention of their depression and anxiety.

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