A Study of Mobile Medical Supportive Care Program for Family Caregivers With Dementia Combined With Diabetes

The scale used in this study was obtained by Rui Zhang based on the Chinese version of the CBI by Taiwanese scholar Guiru Zhou, who modified the questionnaire according to the linguistic characteristics of mainland China.The CBI was initially used to measure the evaluation of the burden on caregivers of patients with dementia, which includes multiple dimensions such as physical burden, emotional burden, social burden, time-dependent burden, and developmentally limited burden, and the scoring of each entry was based on a Likert 5-point scale ranging from strongly agree (4) to strongly disagree (0). Likert 5-point scale from strongly agree (4 points) to strongly disagree (0 points). Total scale scores ranged from 0 to 96; higher scores indicated greater caregiver burden. When the score is ≥ 24, consideration should be given to receiving therapeutic interventions; when the score is greater than or equal to 36, it suggests the risk of severe burden.

The scale used in this study was obtained by Rui Zhang based on the Chinese version of the CBI by Taiwanese scholar Guiru Zhou, who modified the questionnaire according to the linguistic characteristics of mainland China.The CBI was initially used to measure the evaluation of the burden on caregivers of patients with dementia, which includes multiple dimensions such as physical burden, emotional burden, social burden, time-dependent burden, and developmentally limited burden, and the scoring of each entry was based on a Likert 5-point scale ranging from strongly agree (4) to strongly disagree (0). Likert 5-point scale from strongly agree (4 points) to strongly disagree (0 points). Total scale scores ranged from 0 to 96; higher scores indicated greater caregiver burden. When the score is ≥ 24, consideration should be given to receiving therapeutic interventions; when the score is greater than or equal to 36, it suggests the risk of severe burden.

The Social Support Scale was developed by Xiao Shuiyuan, a Chinese scholar, based on China's national conditions, and contains a total of 10 scores. This scale aims to detect the degree of psychological support received by the individual in the social life, and the utilization of support. The total score ranges from 12 to 48. Higher scores indicate higher levels of social support. Generally, scores below 20 indicate low social support, 20-30 indicate moderate social support, and 30-40 indicate satisfactory social support. The re-test reliability of the scale is 0.92, and the consistency of the items is between 0.89 and 0.94; the Cronbach's alpha coefficient is 0.89.

The Dementia Caregiver Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS) is based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a theoretical framework, with "yes", "no", or "don't know" answers for each item. Personal hygiene, diet, excretion, sleep, disease and rehabilitation, medication, safety of the environment and travel, social intimacy, self-esteem, self-realization, etc.; quantitative scoring method, 1 point for a correct answer, 0 points for an incorrect answer or "don't know"; the total score of the scale is 22 points, and the higher the score, the higher the knowledge of dementia caregivers about dementia care. The total score of the scale was 22 points, and the higher the score, the higher the caregiver's knowledge of dementia care; the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the total scale was 0.626, and the content validity of the scale ranged from 0.86 to 1, with an average CVI of 0.95.

The Social Support Scale was developed by Xiao Shuiyuan, a Chinese scholar, based on China's national conditions, and contains a total of 10 scores. This scale aims to detect the degree of psychological support received by the individual in the social life, and the utilization of support. The total score ranges from 12 to 48. Higher scores indicate higher levels of social support. Generally, scores below 20 indicate low social support, 20-30 indicate moderate social support, and 30-40 indicate satisfactory social support. The re-test reliability of the scale is 0.92, and the consistency of the items is between 0.89 and 0.94; the Cronbach's alpha coefficient is 0.89.

The Dementia Caregiver Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS) is based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a theoretical framework, with "yes", "no", or "don't know" answers for each item. Personal hygiene, diet, excretion, sleep, disease and rehabilitation, medication, safety of the environment and travel, social intimacy, self-esteem, self-realization, etc.; quantitative scoring method, 1 point for a correct answer, 0 points for an incorrect answer or "don't know"; the total score of the scale is 22 points, and the higher the score, the higher the knowledge of dementia caregivers about dementia care. The total score of the scale was 22 points, and the higher the score, the higher the caregiver's knowledge of dementia care; the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the total scale was 0.626, and the content validity of the scale ranged from 0.86 to 1, with an average CVI of 0.95.