A Sociodemographic variables questionnaire (Q-SV) for research on family caregivers of children with chronic disease

Table 1 Validation of the first version of the Q-SV 20 items by 335 expert reviewers in Social Work

Validation of the 20 items	Relevance (%)	Utility (%)	Permanence (%)	Final decision
Sociodemographic variables of the caregiver
Sex	68	66	75	*
Age	81	76	74	*
Education	93	86	86	*
City of origin of caregiver	11	31	41	Eliminated
Religion	67	61	67	*
Marital status	65	77	80	*
Years married	19	34	46	Eliminated
Number of children	60	80	78	*
Occupation	83	93	96	*
Monthly household income	99	97	100	*
Sociodemographic variables of the children
Age	93	67	63	*
Sex	67	83	83	*
Medical variables of the patient
Diagnosis	89	98	97	*
Medical service	66	55	58	Eliminated
Amount of time hospitalized	78	70	70	*
Time since diagnosis	82	72	70	*
Family variables
Family role of caregiver	87	86	95	*
Family type	82	71	69	*
Family life cycle	92	89	93	*
Support networks	100	97	99	*

ISSN: 2050-7283