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The Caregiver Well-Being Scale: Developing a Short-Form Rapid Assessment Instrument

Tebb SC, Berg-Weger M, Rubio DM. "The Caregiver Well-Being Scale: Developing a Short-Form Rapid Assessment Instrument." Health & Social Work 38(4), 222-230, 2013.

Key findings used in wiki

  • The paper describes development of a 16-item shortened CWBS from the original 43-item instrument.
  • Psychometric testing used a sample of 493 family caregivers.
  • The shortened measure retains the original strengths-based focus on basic needs and activities of daily living.
  • The paper concludes that the shortened version is valid, reliable, and easier to use than the original for research and clinical assessment contexts.
  • This evidence should not be silently attributed to a later 14-item form without documentation connecting that form to the tested 16-item version.