Desarrollo de la escala DME-C: una escala para la detección del malestar emocional de los cuidadores principales de personas con enfermedad avanzada o al final de la vida

Limonero, Joaquín T.; Mate, José-Luís; Mateo, Dolors; González‐Barboteo, Jesús; Bayés, Ramón; Bernaus, Montserrat; Casas, Carme; López, Montserrat; Sirgo, Agustina; Viel, Silvia Regina; Sánchez, Cruz; Gómez-Romero, María José; Álvarez-Moleiro, María; Tomás–Sábado, Joaquín

doi:10.1016/j.anyes.2016.09.001

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“…Resilience strategies were evaluated using the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) (Limonero et al, 2012a; 2014) in its Spanish-adapted version (Limonero et al, 2016). Total scores range between 4 and 20.…”

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The influence of psychological factors on the burden of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: Resiliency and caregiver burden

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“…Total scores range between 4 and 20. Scores below 13 indicate low resilience, while scores above 17 indicate high resilience (Limonero et al, 2016).…”

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The influence of psychological factors on the burden of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: Resiliency and caregiver burden

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“…Emotional Distress Detection Questionnaire for caregivers of patients with advanced, end-stage illnesses (DME-C) developed by Limonero et al, 28 which consists of two parts, one aimed at caregivers and another for healthcare professionals. The caregiver is asked to respond to two questions related to mood and the results of the process of adaptation to the situation of the illness of their family member.…”

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“…In light of all of the above, and especially of this lack of instruments to gather information on emotional distress in the main caregivers of advanced and end-stage oncology patients, the research team had developed along similar lines to a previous measurement tool they had developed, but this time aimed at main caregivers. [25][26][27] A description of the systematic process used to develop this scale to measure the emotional distress of family caregivers of patients with advanced and end-stage illnesses (Caregiver Emotional Detection Scale (DME-C)), as well as the scale's components, can be found in Limonero et al 28 Thus, the objectives of this study are (1) to assess the scale's psychometric properties, and (2) to confirm its clinical validity for screening and early identification of emotional distress in caregivers of patients with advanced or end-stage cancer.…”

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Family caregiver emotional distress in advanced cancer: the DME-C scale psychometric properties

Limonero

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Gómez-Romero

et al. 2020

BMJ Support Palliat Care

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BackgroundFamily caregivers of patients with advanced illness at end of life often report high levels of emotional distress. To address this emotional distress is necessary to have adequate and reliable screening tools.AimThis study analyses the psychometric properties and clinical utility of the Family Caregiver Emotional Detection Scale for caregivers of patients with end-stage cancer (DME-C, Spanish acronym) who are receiving palliative care (PC).DesignMulticentre, cross-sectional study.Settings/participantsFamily caregivers of patients with advanced cancer at end of life receiving palliative treatment were interviewed to explore their emotional distress through the DME-C scale and other instruments measuring anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)), distress thermometer (DT) and overload (B), as well as a clinical psychological assessment (CPA).Results138 family caregivers, 85 (61.6%) female and 53 (38.4%) male, with an average age of 59.69±13.3 participated in the study. The reliability of the scale, as measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.76, and its stability over time was 0.734. Positive, significant correlations were found between the DME-C and the scores for anxiety and depression registered on the HADS scale, as well as with the total result of this latter scale and the results for B, the DT and the CPA. A statistical analysis of the receiver-operating characteristic curves showed that the scale has a sensitivity and specificity of 75%, and that the cut-off point for the detection of emotional distress was a score ≥11. Fifty-four per cent of the caregivers displayed emotional distress according to this scale.ConclusionsThe DME-C displays good psychometric properties. It is simple, short, reliable and easy to administer. We believe that the instrument is useful for the detection of emotional distress in the family caregivers of hospitalised patients suffering from end-stage illnesses and receiving PC.

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“…9 Keeping this fact in mind, we have recently developed two brief screening tools to detect emotionally distress, one addressed to the patient with an advanced illness or at end-of-life and another to their caregiver. 10,11 The detection of emotional distress scales (patient and caregiver) were developed in Spanish. Both scales consist of two questions that examine emotionally distress and coping efforts in a 0-to-10 visual analogue scale format.…”

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The Role of Emotions in Palliative Care

Limonero¹,

Reverte²,

Gómez-Romero³

et al. 2018

Palliat Med Hosp Care Open J

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Desarrollo de la escala DME-C: una escala para la detección del malestar emocional de los cuidadores principales de personas con enfermedad avanzada o al final de la vida

Cited by 13 publications

References 17 publications

The influence of psychological factors on the burden of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: Resiliency and caregiver burden

The influence of psychological factors on the burden of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: Resiliency and caregiver burden

Family caregiver emotional distress in advanced cancer: the DME-C scale psychometric properties

The Role of Emotions in Palliative Care

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