PMID- 22455541
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121002
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1744-859X (Electronic)
IS  - 1744-859X (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2012 Mar 28
TI  - Caregiving in severe mental illness: the psychometric properties of the 
      Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire in Portugal.
PG  - 8
LID - 10.1186/1744-859X-11-8 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Despite the achievements of previous research, caregiving assessments 
      in severe mental illness should be crossculturally validated in order to define 
      risk groups or to evaluate family work. This study reports on the psychometric 
      properties of the European version of the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire 
      (IEQ-EU) in Portugal. METHODS: A Portuguese translation of the IEQ-EU was 
      developed according to the 'European Psychiatric Services: Inputs Linked to 
      Outcome Domains and Needs' (EPSILON) group guidelines. We then studied 194 
      caregivers who were related to patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in 
      psychiatric outpatient services. All relatives were assessed using the IEQ-EU. In 
      order to describe the corresponding patients' sample, the majority (n = 162) was 
      evaluated with the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 
      (WHO-DAS II); 108 patients were also assessed with the Brief Psychiatric Rating 
      Scale (BPRS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). RESULTS: The factor 
      structure of the Portuguese version of the questionnaire was similar to the 
      original; internal consistency was good, with Cronbach's alpha ranging from 0.71 to 
      0.87 in the IEQ-EU scales (total score and domains: tension, supervision, 
      worrying, urging); test-retest reliability yielded intraclass correlation 
      coefficients (ICCs) from 0.80 to 0.94, concerning the same scores. Ecological 
      validity was confirmed. Most caregiving consequences were reported on the 
      worrying domain of the IEQ-EU. CONCLUSIONS: Validity and reliability of the 
      Portuguese IEQ-EU translation were established. Specifically the four IEQ-EU 
      subscale domains seem to be valid in Portugal.
FAU - Goncalves-Pereira, Manuel
AU  - Goncalves-Pereira M
AD  - Department of Mental Health, CEDOC, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade 
      Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. gpereira.sm@fcm.unl.pt.
FAU - van Wijngaarden, Bob
AU  - van Wijngaarden B
FAU - Xavier, Miguel
AU  - Xavier M
FAU - Papoila, Ana L
AU  - Papoila AL
FAU - Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose M
AU  - Caldas-de-Almeida JM
FAU - Schene, Aart H
AU  - Schene AH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120328
PL  - England
TA  - Ann Gen Psychiatry
JT  - Annals of general psychiatry
JID - 101236515
PMC - PMC3364850
EDAT- 2012/03/30 06:00
MHDA- 2012/03/30 06:01
PMCR- 2012/03/28
CRDT- 2012/03/30 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/03/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/03/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/03/30 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/03/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1744-859X-11-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1744-859X-11-8 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Mar 28;11:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-8.