Psychometric properties of Chinese version of
Dementia Management Strategies Scale among family caregivers
WT Chien1, SWC Chan2, R Gray3,
LK Yip4
1 The Nethersole School of Nursing,
Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 School of Nursing and Midwifery,
University of Newcastle, Australia
3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, La
Trobe University, Australia
4 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
1. Psychometric properties of the Chinese version
of the Dementia Management Strategies Scale have good reliability and
validity among Chinese family caregivers for people with dementia in Hong
Kong.
2. Levels of adaptive and non-adaptive management strategies used by family caregivers are moderate. Females, spouses, those who perceived better current health than 1 year ago, and those who received two to three community support services indicated higher levels of management strategies used.
3. The levels of management strategies used by family caregivers correlate with their distress and self-efficacy and dementia relatives’ symptom severity.
2. Levels of adaptive and non-adaptive management strategies used by family caregivers are moderate. Females, spouses, those who perceived better current health than 1 year ago, and those who received two to three community support services indicated higher levels of management strategies used.
3. The levels of management strategies used by family caregivers correlate with their distress and self-efficacy and dementia relatives’ symptom severity.