Developing a predictive model for the caregiver strain index

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BACKGROUND: Patient homecare with multiple morbidities is an increasingly common occurrence. The caregiver strain index is tool in the form of questionnaire that is designed to measure the perceived burden of those who care for their families. The aim of this study is to construct a diagnostic nomogram of informal caregiver burden using data from a predictive model.

METHODS: The model was drawn up using binary logistic regression and the questionnaire items as dichotomous factors. The dependent variable was the final score obtained with the questionnaire but categorised in accordance with that in the literature. Scores between 0 and 6 were labelled as "no" (no caregiver stress) and at or greater than 7 as "yes". The version 3.1.1R statistical software was used. To construct confidence intervals for the ROC curve 2000 boot strap replicates were used.

RESULTS: A sample of 67 caregivers was obtained. A diagnosing nomogram was made up with its calibration graph (Brier scaled = 0.686, Nagelkerke R2=0.791), and the corresponding ROC curve (area under the curve=0.962).

FINDINGS: The predictive model generated using binary logistic regression and the nomogram contain four items (1, 4, 5 and 9) of the questionnaire. R plotting functions allow a very good solution for validating a model like this. The area under the ROC curve (0.96; 95% CI: 0.994-0.941) achieves a high discriminative value. Calibration also shows high goodness of fit values, suggesting that it may be clinically useful in community nursing and geriatric establishments.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de geriatria y gerontologia - 52(2017), 1 vom: 06. Jan., Seite 15-19

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Desarrollo de un modelo predictivo para el índice de esfuerzo del cuidador

Beteiligte Personen:

Álvarez-Tello, Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Casado-Mejía, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Praena-Fernández, Juan Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Ortega-Calvo, Manuel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atención primaria de salud
Caregivers
Cuidador
Enfermería de atención primaria
Journal Article
Logistic models
Modelos logísticos
Primary care nursing
Primary health care

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.03.2018

Date Revised 29.03.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.regg.2015.12.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM257286209