Validation of the Zarit Burden Interview in Informal Caregivers of Patients with Severe Visual Impairment and Blindness

The needs of family caregivers providing care to relatives with visual impairment are often dismissed, leading to caregiver burden. The Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) can measure the caregiver burden of caring for a family member with vision impairment. The purpose of this study is to validate the ZBI...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ophthalmology and therapy 2024-11
Hauptverfasser: Ruiz-Lozano, Raul E, Herrera-Rodriguez, Monica I, Mendoza-Pallares, Jazmin A, Reyes-Godinez, Natalia, Tamez-Tamez, Veronica E, Ramos-Dávila, Eugenia M, Villagomez-Valdez, Luis G, Garza-Garza, Lucas A, Quiroga-Garza, Manuel E, Khodor, Ali, Gongora-Cortes, Jose J, Rodriguez-Garcia, Alejandro
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Zusammenfassung:The needs of family caregivers providing care to relatives with visual impairment are often dismissed, leading to caregiver burden. The Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) can measure the caregiver burden of caring for a family member with vision impairment. The purpose of this study is to validate the ZBI in Mexican family caregivers of patients with visual impairment. The ZBI was applied to 137 family caregivers of patients with visual acuity ≤ 20/200 in the best eye for ≥ 6 months. The ZBI's reliability was determined using Cronbach's α and the factor structure using exploratory factor analysis (EFA, principal axis factoring with promax rotation). Items with loadings 
ISSN:2193-8245
2193-6528
DOI:10.1007/s40123-024-01050-6