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Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2012 Jun 27;35(5):533–549. doi: 10.1002/nur.21491

Table 1.

Measures of family caregivers and elders outcomes

Variable	Measure	Reliability	B	BD	CR	2wk	2mo
			1	2		3	4
Emotional Coping
State Anxiety (SA)	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (Spielberger et al. 1977)	.93-.95	X	X		X	X
Worry	Family Worry Scale (FWS) (Li, Stewart, & Archbold, 2001c)	.97	X	X		X	X
Depression	Depression Scale (Beck et al. 1996)	.88-.91	X	X		X^a	X^a
Functional Coping
Quality of care giving	Family Care Actions Index (FCAI) (Part A and Part B) (Li & Stewart, 2001a)	.93(part A)		X
		.84(part B)				X
RN observation	Family participation scale (Visual analog scale)	N/A		X
Amount of care giving	Reported time spend at bedside	N/A		X
Role Outcomes
Preparedness for follow-up care	Family Preparedness Scale (FPS) (Stewart & Archbold, 1994)	.94				X
Role adaptation	Family Role Adaptation Scale (Visual analog scale)	N/A		X		X	X
Role rewards	Family Role Rewards Scale (Stewart & Archbold, 1994)	.96-.97		X		X	X
Role strain	Strain from Lack of Resources	.88-.90		X		X	X
	Global Strain Scale (Stewart & Archbold, 1994)	.75-.80		X		X	X
Mutuality	Mutuality Scale (MS) (Stewart & Archbold, 1994)	.94-.95	X	X		X^a	X^a
Patient Outcomes
Dysfunctional	Chart review	N/A			X
syndromes	Family caregiver report	N/A				X
Length of stay	Chart review	N/A			X
Re-admission rate	Family caregiver report	N/A				X	X
Functional status	Functional Status Scale (Adapted from Chyba & Washington, 1990)	.89-.92	X	X		X	X
Depression	Depression Scale (Adapted from Pearlin et al. 1990)	.88-.90	X	X		X	X
Cognitive status	Cognitive Status Scale (Adapted from Pearlin et al. 1990)	.86-.90	X	X		X	X
	Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) (Pfeiffer, 1975)	N/A	X			X	X
Family caregiver beliefs	Family Caregiver Belief Scale (FBS) (Melnyk & Li, 2001)	.91		X
Clinical variable	Family Preferences Index (FPI) (Li & Stewart, 2001b)	.62	X
Evaluation	Family caregiver report						X

B=Baseline; BD=Before Discharge; CR=Chart Review; 2wk=2 weeks after patient's discharge; 2mo=2 months after patient's discharge

both patient and Family caregiver were asked to respond separately.