Family Caregiver’s Anticipatory Grief—Clinical Interview: Psychometric Characteristics and Scoring Pattern

Q2 Social Sciences

Illness Crisis and Loss Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1177/1054137320923383

Alexandra Coelho, M. Roberto, Luísa Barros, A. Barbosa

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Abstract

This study describes the development and the preliminary validation of the Family Caregiver Anticipatory Grief Clinical Interview (FcAG-CI). This instrument, conceptually based in Adult Attachment Theory, evaluates Anticipatory Grief response patterns of cancer family caregivers; semistructured interviews were conducted in a sample of family caregivers in palliative care (n = 72, mostly women, adult children, or spouses, mean age of 52.37) and coded according to the rating guidelines. FcAG-CI, composed of eight domains, shows convergent and concurrent validity with self-reported predeath prolonged grief disorder symptoms as well as divergent validity with the Zarit Burden Interview. The tests for reliability suggest that it has reasonable consistency (Cronbach’s α = .750) and very good interrater reliability. Two factors were identified, corresponding to the two major sources of distress: traumatic and relational aspects of end-of-life caregiving. This instrument, allows the categorization of respondents in four different profiles (Avoidant, Adjusted, Traumatic, and Intense Anticipatory Grief), with clear implications for clinical practice.

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家庭照顾者预期悲伤-临床访谈:心理测量特征及评分模式

本研究描述了家庭照顾者预见性悲伤临床访谈(FcAG-CI)的发展和初步验证。这个工具，概念上基于成人依恋理论，评估癌症家庭照顾者的预期悲伤反应模式;对姑息治疗的家庭照护者进行半结构化访谈(n = 72，主要为女性、成年子女或配偶，平均年龄为52.37岁)，并根据评分指南进行编码。FcAG-CI由8个域组成，其效度与自述的死亡前延长悲伤障碍症状呈趋同效度和并行效度，与Zarit Burden访谈呈发散效度。信度检验表明，该方法具有合理的一致性(Cronbach’s α = 0.750)和良好的互信度。确定了两个因素，对应于两个主要的痛苦来源:临终关怀的创伤和关系方面。该工具允许将受访者分为四种不同的类型(回避型、调节性、创伤性和强烈预期性悲伤)，对临床实践具有明确的意义。

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