Table 1.

Description of the instruments used to characterize the psychosocial profile of family caregivers

Scales	Number of items/Response options	Factors	α
1. Family Support Questionnaire [50]	17/1 (Never) to 4 (Always)	Perception of family support	0.97
2. Social Support Network Scale [51, 52]	45/1 (Completely disagree) to 5 (Completely agree)	Friend support, family support, lack of support, religious support, and neighbor support	0.89
3. Zarit Burden Interview [24]	22/0 (Never) to 4 (Always)	Effect of care on caregiver, caregiver-patient interpersonal relationship, and self-efficacy expectations	0.90
4. Parental Stress Scale [53]	17/1 (Totally disagree) to 5 (Totally agree)	Stressors and rewards	0.89
5. Family Functioning Scale [54]	22/1 (Never) to 5 (Always)	Positive family environment, cohesion, hostility/conflict avoidance, and rules/problems expressing feelings	0.89
6. World Health Organization Well-Being Index [55]	10/0 (Never) to 3 (All the time)	Anxiety, depression, positive well-being, and coping	0.89
7. Historic-Psycho-Socio-Cultural-Premises Scale (HSCPs) [37]	33/1 (I disagree) to 2 (I agree)	Affiliative obedience, consent, self-assertion, status quo, fear of authority, Marianism and family honor	0.88