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Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia
Patients with dementia express a set of problematic and deteriorating symptoms, along with self-care dependency. Over time, the mental health of family caregivers of persons with dementia may be affected, putting them at a high risk for psychopathology, which may be associated with endangered wellbe...
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author | Ali, Amira Mohammed Alameri, Rana Ali Hendawy, Amin Omar Al-Amer, Rasmieh Shahrour, Ghada Ali, Esraa M. Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A. Ibrahim, Nashwa Hassan, Bothaina Hussein |
author_facet | Ali, Amira Mohammed Alameri, Rana Ali Hendawy, Amin Omar Al-Amer, Rasmieh Shahrour, Ghada Ali, Esraa M. Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A. Ibrahim, Nashwa Hassan, Bothaina Hussein |
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description | Patients with dementia express a set of problematic and deteriorating symptoms, along with self-care dependency. Over time, the mental health of family caregivers of persons with dementia may be affected, putting them at a high risk for psychopathology, which may be associated with endangered wellbeing of people with dementia. This cross-sectional instrumental design study examined the psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-items (DASS-8), DASS-12, and DASS-21 in a convenient sample of 571 caregivers from northern Italy and southern Switzerland (mean age = 53 years, SD = 12, range = 24–89 years). A bifactor structure of the three measures had the best fit; some items of the DASS-12/DASS-21 failed to load on their domain-specific factors. The three-factor structure was invariant across various groups (e.g., gender and education), expressed adequate reliability and convergent validity, and had strong positive correlation with the three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLALS3). Distress scores did not differ among carers of different types of dementia (Alzheimer's disease vs. other types, e.g., vascular dementia). However, distress scores were significantly high among female individuals, adult children caregivers, those caring for dependent patients, and those who received help with care. For 54.9 and 38.8% of the latter, care was provided by relatives and health professionals, respectively. Since the DASS-8 expresses adequate psychometrics comparable with the DASS-21, it may be used as a brief measure of distress in this population. |
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spelling | pubmed-96412762022-11-15 Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia Ali, Amira Mohammed Alameri, Rana Ali Hendawy, Amin Omar Al-Amer, Rasmieh Shahrour, Ghada Ali, Esraa M. Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A. Ibrahim, Nashwa Hassan, Bothaina Hussein Front Public Health Public Health Patients with dementia express a set of problematic and deteriorating symptoms, along with self-care dependency. Over time, the mental health of family caregivers of persons with dementia may be affected, putting them at a high risk for psychopathology, which may be associated with endangered wellbeing of people with dementia. This cross-sectional instrumental design study examined the psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-items (DASS-8), DASS-12, and DASS-21 in a convenient sample of 571 caregivers from northern Italy and southern Switzerland (mean age = 53 years, SD = 12, range = 24–89 years). A bifactor structure of the three measures had the best fit; some items of the DASS-12/DASS-21 failed to load on their domain-specific factors. The three-factor structure was invariant across various groups (e.g., gender and education), expressed adequate reliability and convergent validity, and had strong positive correlation with the three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLALS3). Distress scores did not differ among carers of different types of dementia (Alzheimer's disease vs. other types, e.g., vascular dementia). However, distress scores were significantly high among female individuals, adult children caregivers, those caring for dependent patients, and those who received help with care. For 54.9 and 38.8% of the latter, care was provided by relatives and health professionals, respectively. Since the DASS-8 expresses adequate psychometrics comparable with the DASS-21, it may be used as a brief measure of distress in this population. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9641276/ /pubmed/36388286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1012311 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ali, Alameri, Hendawy, Al-Amer, Shahrour, Ali, Alkhamees, Ibrahim and Hassan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Ali, Amira Mohammed Alameri, Rana Ali Hendawy, Amin Omar Al-Amer, Rasmieh Shahrour, Ghada Ali, Esraa M. Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A. Ibrahim, Nashwa Hassan, Bothaina Hussein Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
title | Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
title_full | Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
title_fullStr | Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
title_short | Psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
title_sort | psychometric evaluation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-items (dass-8)/dass-12/dass-21 among family caregivers of patients with dementia |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9641276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36388286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1012311 |
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