RT Journal Article
T1 Information concealment in palliative patients: Development and pilot study of a new scale for caregivers
A1 De la Piedra-Torres, Antonio J.
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
A1 Ramírez-Maestre, María del Carmen
K1 Cuidados terminales
K1 Tratamiento paliativo
K1 Comunicación
K1 Escala de Ocultamiento de Información para Cuidadores (ECOI)
K1 Psicometría
K1 Psicología - Métodos estadísticos
AB Previous studies on palliative care have assessed the phenomenon of InformationConcealment (IC), confirmed its relevance and emphasised the need to have a scale forits assessment. The aim of this study was to design and validate such an instrument.The sample comprised 150 palliative caregivers (23 men and 127 women). The dimensionalityof the items of the Information Concealment Scale for Caregivers (ECOI) wasassessed using Exploratory Factor Analysis and an optimal implementation of parallelanalysis. Reliability and criterion validity were analysed using sample data. The ECOIcomprises three factors: Concealment or dissimulation about the disease, misrepresentationof the real situation and control of the information. The scale has excellentreliability and shows criterion validity. Therefore, the ECOI is a reliable and valid instrumentto objectively measure IC among Spanish caregivers in palliative care settings.
PB Wiley
YR 2022
FD 2022-06-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24328
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24328
LA eng
NO de la Piedra-Torres, A.J., López-Martínez, A.E., & Ramírez-Maestre, C. (2022, advance online). Information concealment in palliative patients: Development and pilot study of a new scale for caregivers. Health & Social Care in the Community.  https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13854
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026