Validation of the Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers-Cancer scale in an Asian population

BMC Psychology

Table 4 Correlations between psychosocial measures and NAFC-C

Measures	Mean (SD)	Cronbach’s alpha	Original factor structure (r)					EFA factor structure (r)
Measures	Mean (SD)	Cronbach’s alpha	Total	Psychosocial Unmet Needs	Medical Unmet Needs	Financial Unmet Needs	Daily Activity Unmet Needs	Total	Psychosocial Unmet Needs	Medical Unmet Needs	Financial Unmet Needs	Daily Activity Unmet Needs
DASS: Total score	11.10 (10.50)	0.95	0.27^***	0.4^***	0.01	0.18^**	0.28^***	0.24^***	0.28^***	0.09	0.24^***	0.34^***
DASS: Depression	3.43 (3.99)	0.90	0.29^***	0.41^***	0.05	0.17^**	0.29^***	0.25^***	0.30^***	0.06	0.23^***	0.33^***
DASS: Anxiety	3.03 (3.53)	0.85	0.19^**	0.31^***	0.06	0.20^**	0.19^**	0.18^**	0.22^***	0.15	0.25^***	0.25^***
DASS: Stress	4.76 (3.95)	0.88	0.26^***	0.38^***	0.03	0.12	0.29^***	0.23^***	0.26^***	0.07	0.17^**	0.34^***
CQOL-C	53.50 (19.40)	0.88	0.50^***	0.42^***	0.39^***	0.34^***	0.42^***	0.51^***	0.36^***	0.31^***	0.36^***	0.42^***
ZBI	24.00 (14.40)	0.93	0.48^***	0.47^***	0.27^***	0.28^***	0.47^***	0.47^***	0.36^***	0.19^**	0.31^***	0.47^***

Table 4 displays the partial correlations between psychosocial measures and the NAFC-C in the original and new factor structure. Covariates that were included in the analyses were age, sex, ethnicity, education, income, employment, and relationship with patient. NAFC-C Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers-Cancer, DASS Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, CQOL-C Caregiver Quality of Life-Cancer, ZBI Zarit Burden Interview
^***p < 0.001, ^**p < 0.012

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