Developing a scale to measure family dynamics related to long-term care and testing that scale in a multicenter cross-sectional study

摘要

BackgroundAs Japan’s population ages, more frail elderly people are cared for by members of their family. The dynamics within such families are difficult to study, in part because they are difficult to quantify. We developed a scale for assessing family dynamics related to long-term care. Here we report on the development of that scale, and we present the results of reliability testing and validation testing.