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Validity and Reliability of the Caregiving Difficulty Scale in Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy

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    (Department of Secondary Special Education, College of Education, Jeonju University, Jeonju 55069, Korea)

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This study was conducted to determine the construct validity and reliability of the Caregiving Difficulty Scale, a tool developed to measure difficulties experienced by parents of children with cerebral palsy. To this end, a survey was conducted with 215 mothers of children with cerebral palsy, and the resultant data were analyzed. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify the construct validity of this scale, and the intra-item fit value was calculated for reliability analysis. Validity analysis confirmed that a bi-factor model comprising four sub-factors, Concern for the Child, Impact on Self, Support for Caregiving, and Social and Economic Strain, was suitable for the Caregiving Difficulty Scale. In addition, the reliability analysis results showed that the reliability coefficients of three of these areas, excluding Social and Economic Strain, and the reliability of the entire scale were acceptable. Therefore, the Caregiving Difficulty Scale is an appropriate tool to measure the burden of caregiving for children with cerebral palsy, and the findings emphasize the need to improve its reliability by comparing sub-factors’ reliability.

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  • Eun-Young Park, 2021. "Validity and Reliability of the Caregiving Difficulty Scale in Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-9, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:5689-:d:562378
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