Mohd Jaias, Nurin Syafiqah and Che Abdullah, Che Azunie and Che Hasan, Muhammad Kamil and Firdaus, Mohd Khairul Zul Hasymi and Mahat, Nur Ain (2025) Predictive cultural model for family caregivers of older people with musculoskeletal pain in East Coast Malaysia: a pilot validation study. International Journal of Care Scholars, 8 (3). pp. 64-70. ISSN 2600-898X
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Background: In Malaysia, family members play a major role in caring for the elderly as informal caregivers. Caregiving can be physically, emotionally, financially, socially, and culturally demanding. Despite these challenges, many caregivers continue to provide care because of a strong sense of family responsibility rooted in Malaysian culture and its multiethnic society. Therefore, culturally appropriate assessment tools are important to ensure valid and meaningful results across different populations. This pilot study aimed to validate the psychometric properties of the translated tools to support the development of a predictive cultural model for family caregivers. Methods: A pilot cross-sectional study involved 30 caregivers from East Coast Malaysia. They completed the translated questionnaires which assess caregiver burden, attitudes, needs, and views on culturally competent healthcare. Internal reliability only was tested using SPSS version 29. Results: A total of 30 caregivers took part (23.3% male, 76.7% female), and 90% were caring for their own parents. The length of caregiving ranged from 3 to 120 months, with an average of 31 months. All tools showed acceptable to excellent reliability, with Cronbach’s Alpha values between 0.610 and 0.916. Conclusion: The tools are reliable and suitable for measuring caregiver burden, attitudes, needs, and views on culturally appropriate care. Future studies should involve a larger and more diverse group of caregivers to make the findings more general.
| Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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| Additional Information: | 6221/125052 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Family caregiver; Older people; Strain; Musculoskeletal pain, Measurement tools |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) > RC952 Geriatrics R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) > RC952 Geriatrics > RC954 Nursing |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Medical Surgical Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Professional Nursing Studies |
| Depositing User: | MRS CHE AZUNIE CHE ABDULLAH |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2025 15:42 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2025 16:08 |
| Queue Number: | 2025-12-Q449 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/125052 |
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