RT Journal Article
T1 Psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the MM-CGI-SF in caregivers of people with dementia
A1 Sánchez Alcón, Miriam
A1 Sosa Cordobés, Elena
A1 Garrido Fernández, Almudena
A1 Sánchez Ramos, José Luis
A1 Ramos Pichardo, Juan Diego
AB Background: Caregivers of people with dementia may experience characteristic grief linked to present and anticipated losses before the physical death of the care recipient occurs, which is related to physical and mental health problems. The Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Inventory-Short Form (MM-CGI-SF) is an instrument that assesses this type of grief. Since there are no studies on an adaptation of the MM-CGI-SF to the Spanish population, the aim of the study was to evaluate its psychometric properties in a sample of caregivers of dementia patients.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out. The tool was translated and adapted into Spanish, which was administered to 250 caregivers of people with dementia in the province of Huelva, together with other related instruments. Descriptive statistics and internal consistency reliability were calculated using Cronbach's alpha, for the total questionnaire and for each subscale. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed and the Spanish version of the MM-CGI-SF was correlated with the rest of the variables by calculating Spearman's correlation coefficient.Results: 80.4% of the participants were female and had high levels of caregiver grief (x = 64.62, SD = 14.86). Cronbach's alpha for the general questionnaire was 0.927 and between 0.822-0.854 for its subscales. The fit values of the CFA were: x2 = 202.033, degrees of freedom = 121, x2 /df = 1.670, TLI = 0.954, CFI = 0.963, SRMR = 0.047, RMSEA = 0.052; and all the correlations were statistically significant.Conclusions: The Spanish version of the MM-CGI-SF shows adequate psychometric properties. Thanks to this instrument, health professionals may measure caregiver grief, get closer to the reality of dementia care, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to manage this grief.
PB Wiley
SN 0002-8614
SN 1532-5415 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23192
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23192
LA eng
NO Sánchez‐Alcón, M., Sosa‐Cordobés, E., Garrido‐Fernández, A., Sánchez‐Ramos, J. L., & Ramos‐Pichardo, J. D. (2023). Psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the MM‐CGI‐SF in caregivers of people with dementia. In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 72, Issue 1, pp. 201–208). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18623
NO The Spanish Ministry of Universities has supported the first author of this research through the University Teacher Training Programme, with reference number (FPU19/04001). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva/CBUA.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026