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

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26671012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Yamanashi 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
• Keywords: 在宅 / 家族の介護力量 / アセスメント尺度 / 看取り

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.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学、在宅看護学