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Development of a Family Caregiver Assessment Scale (FCAS) for people experiencing end of life at home.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26671012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Gerontological nursing
Research InstitutionYamanashi Prefectural University (2015-2017)
Yamaguchi University (2014)

Principal Investigator

Junko Inagaki  山梨県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (20193542)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 永田 千鶴  山口大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 教授 (50299666)
佐藤 悦子  山梨県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40279899)
Research Collaborator YADA Hironori  
OOMURA Reiko  
SHIYOJI Kazue  
UCHIDA Noriko  
NAKAWAKI Yukiko  
KUMAKURA Misaki  
SHINDO Yuji  
HAKUTA Rina  
NISHIMURA Akiko  
OOKUBO Hiromi  
IGUCHI Kumiko  
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords在宅 / 家族の介護力量 / アセスメント尺度 / 看取り / 家族 / 介護力量 / 在宅の看取り / 妥当性の検討
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a tool, the Family Caregiver Assessment Scale (FCAS) for people experiencing end of life at home. Methods: Using our early version of FCAS, which was composed of 57 items, data from 389 family caregivers were statistically analyzed. Results: As a result of exploratory factor analysis after eliminating items with ceiling effect, floor effect, and non-normal distribution, a total of five factors with19 items emerged. The item-total correlation coefficient was r=0.134-0.918 (P<0.01), and good-poor analysis showed significant differences (P<0.001) in all the 19 items. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of five factors were 0.810-0.927, and that of FCAS was 0.888. As results of confirmatory factor analysis, the Comparative fit index was 0.901, and the root mean square error of approximation was 0.09. As FACS was positively correlated with some of the components of Zarit Burden Interview.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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