Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Nervous system diseases
Psychiatry/psychology
- Disease:
Dementia
- Objective:
To assess the level of burden experienced by the principal caregivers of older persons with senile dementia and disabled persons
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Geriatrics
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Psychological functioning (incl. coping)
Social functioning (incl. work)
- Administration mode:
Interviewer-administered
Self-administered
- Number of items:
22
- Recall/Observation period:
Not specified
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the USA
- List of existing translations:
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ZBI
| Bulgarian* | Finnish for Finland* | Italian for Italy* | Spanish for Argentina |
| Chinese | French for Belgium* | Japanese for Japan | Spanish for Spain* |
| Czech* | French for Canada* | Polish for Poland* | Spanish for the USA* |
| Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* | French for France* | Portuguese for Brazil | Swedish for Finland* |
| Dutch for the Netherlands* | German for Austria* | Portuguese for Portugal* | Swedish for Sweden* |
| English for Canada* | German for Germany* | Romanian* | Turkish for Turkey |
| English for the UK* | Greek* | Russian for Russia* |
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Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Zarit SH, Reever KE, Bach-Peterson J. Relatives of the Impaired Elderly: Correlates of Feelings of Burden. Gerontologist. 1980;20(6):649-55
Zarit SH, Zarit JM. The Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist and the Burden Interview. Gerontology Center, Penn State University. 1990
Last update: March 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: November 2008
