Esteban-Burgos Ana A, Fernández-Alcántara Manuel, Escribano Silvia, Perpiñá-Galvañ Juana, Campos-Calderón Concepción Petra, Cabañero-Martínez María José
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Department of Health Psychology, Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, University of Alicante, San Vicente de el Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 11;11(14):3999. doi: 10.3390/jcm11143999.
Symptoms of fatigue and lack of energy are very common in caregivers of palliative care (PC) patients, traditionally associated with variables such as burden or depression. There are no Spanish-language instruments validated for assessing fatigue levels in this population. The Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) is a useful and simple instrument for assessing fatigue in this group. The aim of this study was to examine its psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability and validity) in a sample of caregivers of PC patients. Instrumental design for instrument validation was performed. One hundred and eight caregivers of PC patients participated and completed measures of fatigue, family functioning, life satisfaction, caregiver burden, anxiety, depression, resilience and quality of life. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed; non-linear reliability coefficient and Pearson correlations and t-tests were conducted to assess evidence of reliability and validity. The Spanish version of the FAS was found to have a one-dimensional structure. Reliability was 0.88. Validity evidence showed that FAS scores were positively associated with levels of burden, anxiety and depression. They were negatively associated with family functioning, life satisfaction, resilience and quality of life. The Spanish version of the FAS in caregivers of PC patients shows adequate psychometric properties.
疲劳和精力不足的症状在姑息治疗（PC）患者的照护者中非常常见，传统上与负担或抑郁等变量相关。目前尚无经过验证的西班牙语工具可用于评估该人群的疲劳水平。疲劳评估量表（FAS）是一种用于评估该群体疲劳程度的实用且简单的工具。本研究的目的是在PC患者照护者样本中检验其心理测量特性（因子结构、信度和效度）。进行了工具验证的工具设计。108名PC患者照护者参与并完成了疲劳、家庭功能、生活满意度、照护者负担、焦虑、抑郁、心理弹性和生活质量的测量。进行了验证性因子分析；进行了非线性信度系数、Pearson相关性分析和t检验以评估信度和效度证据。发现FAS西班牙语版本具有一维结构。信度为0.88。效度证据表明，FAS得分与负担、焦虑和抑郁水平呈正相关。它们与家庭功能、生活满意度、心理弹性和生活质量呈负相关。PC患者照护者的FAS西班牙语版本显示出足够的心理测量特性。
