Translation, Face and Content Validity of Burden Scale for Family Caregivers

Abstract

Background: Informalcaregiverswhogiveregularcaretotheirrelative,needinghelpforatime,areatriskof manydifficultiessuch asfinancialdependency,anger,wandering,socialproblemsandcommunicationproblems. Thepurposeof ourstudyistotranslate and validate a Persian version of “burden scale for family caregivers-short (BSFC-s)” to measure the burden of informal caregivers. Methods: The BSFC-s was translated into Farsi by the world health organization (WHO) method. Content validity was evaluated by 15expertsinthefieldof occupationaltherapyandphysicaltherapyusingLawshe’smethod. Atotalof 11caregiversof strokefamilies’ patients scored each item for face validity. Results: TheresultsindicatedthatBSFC-shasgoodfacevalidity. Theimpactfactorwasbetween2.94and4.14. Noitemhadacontent validity index (CVI) below 0.79 and based on the Lawshe’s method, the items’ content validity ratio (CVR) was above 0.49. Conclusions: The BSFC-s was translated into Persian and its face as well as content validity was acceptable. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to evaluate its reliability and validity.