PMID- 33942173
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220105
LR  - 20220812
IS  - 1590-3478 (Electronic)
IS  - 1590-1874 (Print)
IS  - 1590-1874 (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Jan
TI  - The Carers' Needs Assessment for Dementia (CNA-D): a validation study in the 
      Italian population.
PG  - 275-284
LID - 10.1007/s10072-021-05285-0 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Dementia has devastating consequences for families with important 
      physical, psychological, social, and financial effects. Evaluation of caregiver's 
      needs may be an important step to reduce the burden of family caregivers of 
      dementia patients. An Austrian scale, the Carers' Needs Assessment for Dementia, 
      is now available for measuring the caregiver's needs. The aim of our study was to 
      evaluate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the CNA-D 
      (iCNA-D). METHODS: A sample of 214 voluntary caregivers of dementia patients was 
      recruited at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin (Italy). All 
      participants were administered the iCNA-D. Validity and reliability of the 
      instrument were evaluated using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety 
      Inventory (BAI), Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), and the Italian version of Zarit 
      Burden Interview (I-ZBI). RESULTS: The most common unmet need reported for the 
      iCNA-D was "counseling and emotional support" (31.5%). This item demonstrates 
      adequate reliability with moderate internal consistency for all "summary scores" 
      of iCNA-D (alpha >/= 0.75) and split-half correlation of more than 0.80 for two of 
      them. We also found positive correlations in two out of three "summary scores" of 
      iCNA-D and in the overall outcomes of BDI, BAI, SCL-90, and I-ZBI. CONCLUSIONS: 
      The iCNA-D could be a valid and reliable tool for a comprehensive assessment of 
      needs and possible social supports proposed to relatives who take care of 
      patients with dementia. Better understanding of family caregivers' needs could 
      improve planning of local services and reduce caregivers' perception of distress 
      and burden.
CI  - (c) 2021. The Author(s).
FAU - Zucca, Milena
AU  - Zucca M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6383-5548
AD  - Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Aging Brain and Memory Clinic, 
      University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy. 
      milena.zucca@unito.it.
FAU - Rubino, Elisa
AU  - Rubino E
AD  - Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, A.O.U. Citta della Salute e della 
      Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
FAU - Vacca, Alessandro
AU  - Vacca A
AD  - Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Aging Brain and Memory Clinic, 
      University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
FAU - De Martino, Paola
AU  - De Martino P
AD  - Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Aging Brain and Memory Clinic, 
      University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
FAU - Caglio, Marcella
AU  - Caglio M
AD  - Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Aging Brain and Memory Clinic, 
      University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
FAU - Marcinno, Andrea
AU  - Marcinno A
AD  - Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Aging Brain and Memory Clinic, 
      University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
FAU - Bo, Mario
AU  - Bo M
AD  - Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Geriatrics, University of Torino, 
      Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
FAU - Rainero, Innocenzo
AU  - Rainero I
AD  - Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", Aging Brain and Memory Clinic, 
      University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210504
PL  - Italy
TA  - Neurol Sci
JT  - Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and 
      of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
JID - 100959175
SB  - IM
MH  - *Caregivers
MH  - *Dementia/diagnosis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8724169
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - CNA-D
OT  - Caregiver
OT  - Dementia
OT  - Italian
OT  - Need assessment
OT  - Validation
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/05/05 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/06 06:00
PMCR- 2021/05/04
CRDT- 2021/05/04 06:58
PHST- 2021/01/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/04/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/05/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/04 06:58 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/05/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s10072-021-05285-0 [pii]
AID - 5285 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10072-021-05285-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neurol Sci. 2022 Jan;43(1):275-284. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05285-0. Epub 2021 
      May 4.