Development of the final version of the occupational adaptation questionnaire for family caregivers.
Takashi Nagai, Yoshikazu Ishii, Kengo Kohiyama and 2 others
PMID 33815027WHAT IT FOUND
A questionnaire for family caregivers in Japan covered gratitude, life balance, caring awareness, health and social role.
It can help occupational therapists ask about caregiver problems, but it has no cutoffs.
Key findings
01The final questionnaire had 16 items and five factors: feeling for compassion, balance of life, caring awareness, my health, and social existence value.
02The scale was tested with 216 family caregivers and showed internal consistency of 0.929, above the 0.7 reference used by the authors.
03The study did not establish retest reliability, criterion validity, or cutoff scores.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for OTs
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What it does not show
The questionnaire was tested only with 216 family caregivers recruited through hospitals and care facilities in Japan's Chubu region, so its use outside that setting is not shown. The sample excluded caregivers with significantly impaired cognitive function, so it does not describe that group. Retest reliability and criterion validity were not examined, so scores cannot yet be compared with an external standard or known to be stable over time. No cutoff values were set, so a total score does not currently tell a therapist how severe a caregiver's problem is. The article reports scale development and psychometric testing, not a clinical trial of the questionnaire's effect on caregivers.
Declared interests
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest and received no financial support.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the OAQC as a diagnostic tool or as proof that it improves caregiver support. The study did not set cutoff values and did not examine criterion validity.