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. 2005 May 7;124(17):651-3.
doi: 10.1157/13074742.

[Short Zarit scale in palliative care]

[Article in Spanish]
Ana M Gort  1 , Jaume March, Xavier Gómez, Mariano de Miguel, Silvia Mazarico, Jordi Ballesté
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[Short Zarit scale in palliative care]

[Article in Spanish]
Ana M Gort et al. Med Clin (Barc). .

Abstract

Background and objective: We aimed to reduce the Zarit scale (ZS) for the assessment of caregiver burden in palliative care.

Patients and method: ZS was performed in 61 caregivers of palliative care patients admitted to hospital. The field explored by each item was decided by an expert committee and a logistic regression and ROC curve were performed.

Results: ZS reduction to 7 items was achieved with a sensitivity and specificity of 100%.

Conclusions: A reduced Zarit scale is useful to identify caregiver burden in palliative care. It is also easy to use.

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