Ooraikul Ladarat, Wirojratana Virapun, Phuackchantuck Rochana, Chompukeaw Payuree, Khaisuwan Chiraporn
Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Department of Fundamental Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2020 May 15;7(3):280-286. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_5_20. eCollection 2020 Jul-Sep.
Measuring the satisfaction of family caregivers regarding the palliative care provided to their family members is very important for quality improvement in the palliative care system. The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and validity) of the FAMCARE-2 Scale: Thai Translation for measuring family caregiver satisfaction.
A forward-backward translation process was utilized to produce the 17-item FAMCARE-2 Scale: Thai Translation. The questionnaire and the demographic data form were hand-delivered to the primary family caregivers of 66 palliative care patients of the inpatient wards at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, on the patient discharge date. Internal consistency reliability testing of the FAMCARE-2 Scale: Thai Translation was assessed by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Factor analysis was used to test construct validity.
The FAMCARE-2 Scale: Thai Translation showed a high level of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.94) and an item-to-total correlation coefficient of 0.13-0.77. Factor analysis of FAMCARE-2 revealed a four-factor structure: management of physical symptoms and comfort, patient care and sharing information, symptoms and side effects, and family and patient support.
The FAMCARE-2 Scale: Thai Translation was found to be a valid psychometric tool for measuring family caregiver satisfaction within the Thai context of palliative care.
衡量家庭照护者对其家庭成员所接受的姑息治疗的满意度，对于改善姑息治疗系统的质量非常重要。本研究的目的是检验FAMCARE-2量表（泰语翻译版）在测量家庭照护者满意度方面的心理测量特性（即信度和效度）。
采用前后翻译法编制了包含17个条目的FAMCARE-2量表（泰语翻译版）。在患者出院当天，将问卷和人口统计学数据表亲手递交给清迈大学医学院玛哈拉吉·那空清迈医院住院病房66名姑息治疗患者的主要家庭照护者。通过计算克朗巴哈系数评估FAMCARE-2量表（泰语翻译版）的内部一致性信度。采用因子分析检验结构效度。
FAMCARE-2量表（泰语翻译版）显示出较高的内部一致性（克朗巴哈系数为0.94），条目与总分的相关系数为0.13至0.77。FAMCARE-2的因子分析揭示了一个四因子结构：身体症状管理与舒适度、患者照护与信息共享、症状与副作用以及家庭与患者支持。
FAMCARE-2量表（泰语翻译版）被发现是在泰国姑息治疗背景下测量家庭照护者满意度的有效心理测量工具。
