Reliability, validity and relevance of needs assessment instruments for informal dementia caregivers: a psychometric systematic review protocol

Stephanie Kipfer; Manuela Eicher; Annie Oulevey Bachmann; Sandrine Pihet

doi:10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003367

Reliability, validity and relevance of needs assessment instruments for informal dementia caregivers: a psychometric systematic review protocol

JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2018 Feb;16(2):269-286. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003367.

Authors

Stephanie Kipfer^{1

2}, Manuela Eicher³, Annie Oulevey Bachmann^{3

4

2}, Sandrine Pihet¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences Fribourg, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Fribourg, Switzerland.
² Bureau d'Echange des Savoirs pour des pratiques exemplaires de soins (BEST): a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare (IFS), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ School of Health Sciences Lausanne, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 29419611
DOI: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003367

Abstract

The objective of this psychometric review is to identify needs assessment instruments for informal dementia caregivers which are:More specifically, the aim is to present an overview and an evaluation of the available needs assessment instruments, including: i) their psychometrics (reliability and validity) when available, and ii) their relevance according to the instrument characteristics, namely, their purpose, application method, administration burden, number of items and domain structure.

MeSH terms

Caregivers / psychology*
Dementia / psychology*
Humans
Needs Assessment / standards*
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
Systematic Reviews as Topic