PMID- 37341962
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231010
LR  - 20231010
IS  - 1178-1661 (Electronic)
IS  - 1178-1653 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 5
DP  - 2023 Sep
TI  - Measurement Properties of the 15-Item Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale 
      (SCQOLS-15) in Family Caregivers of Patients with Heart Diseases.
PG  - 485-495
LID - 10.1007/s40271-023-00634-x [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: To evaluate the measurement properties of the 15-item Singapore 
      Caregiver Quality of Life Scale (SCQOLS-15) in family caregivers of patients with 
      heart diseases. METHODS: The SCQOLS-15 survey was self-administered by family 
      caregivers of patients with chronic heart diseases, at baseline and 1 week later. 
      The criterion validity of SCQOLS-15 and its domain scores was assessed by 
      calculating the Spearman correlation coefficient (rho) with the Brief Assessment 
      Scale for Caregivers (BASC), Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), and their 
      sub-scores. Known-group validity was assessed using the New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) functional class. Test-retest reliability was evaluated using 
      the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). RESULTS: Of the 327 caregivers 
      included, 65% were adult children and 28% were spouses. The distribution of NYHA 
      classes of the patients was I: 27%, II: 40%, III: 24%, and IV: 9%. There was a 
      positive correlation between the SCQOLS-15 and BASC total scores (rho = 0.7). 
      SCQOLS-15 domain scores were also correlated with BASC and CRA sub-scores as per 
      a priori hypotheses, with absolute values of rho ranging from 0.4 to 0.6. The mean 
      values of SCQOLS-15 total and all domain scores were lower among caregivers of 
      patients with NYHA class III/IV compared to those of class I/II patients (each P 
      < 0.05). Among 146 caregivers who completed the follow-up and self-rated a stable 
      quality-of-life, ICCs for test-retest reliability of SCQOLS-15 total and all 
      domain scores were >/= 0.8. CONCLUSION: The SCQOLS-15 is a valid and reliable 
      instrument for measuring the quality of life in caregivers of heart disease 
      patients.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
FAU - Gandhi, Mihir
AU  - Gandhi M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8902-2710
AD  - Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Consortium for Clinical Research and 
      Innovation Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. mihir.gandhi@duke-nus.edu.sg.
AD  - Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. 
      mihir.gandhi@duke-nus.edu.sg.
AD  - Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. 
      mihir.gandhi@duke-nus.edu.sg.
AD  - Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent, and Maternal Health Research: Global Health 
      Group, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. mihir.gandhi@duke-nus.edu.sg.
FAU - Tan, Ru-San
AU  - Tan RS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2086-6517
AD  - Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Lim, Shir Lynn
AU  - Lim SL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1151-2357
AD  - Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
AD  - Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
AD  - Pre-hospital and Emergency Research Center, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 
      Singapore.
FAU - Teo, Irene
AU  - Teo I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1720-4718
AD  - Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
AD  - Division of Psychosocial Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, 
      Singapore.
FAU - Yang, Grace
AU  - Yang G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0915-6007
AD  - Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
AD  - Division of Supportive & Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Woo, Kai Lee
AU  - Woo KL
AD  - Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Cheung, Yin Bun
AU  - Cheung YB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0517-7625
AD  - Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
AD  - Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent, and Maternal Health Research: Global Health 
      Group, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Observational Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20230621
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Patient
JT  - The patient
JID - 101309314
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Caregivers
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - *Heart Diseases
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Singapore
MH  - Male
MH  - Female
MH  - Adult
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
EDAT- 2023/06/21 13:04
MHDA- 2023/08/09 06:43
CRDT- 2023/06/21 11:16
PHST- 2023/05/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/08/09 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/21 13:04 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/21 11:16 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s40271-023-00634-x [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s40271-023-00634-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Patient. 2023 Sep;16(5):485-495. doi: 10.1007/s40271-023-00634-x. Epub 2023 Jun 
      21.