The development and validation of the Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI)

O’Driscoll, Ciarán; Farrelly, Simone; Burgess, Philip; Szmukler, George; Shaikh, Madiha

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.07.003

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“…The Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI) (O'Driscoll, Farrelly, Burgess, Szmukler, & Shaikh, 2018) self‐report measure was used to examine the experiences of individuals caring for someone with a serious mental health disorder. BECI is comprised of 19 items and four factors (stigma/effects on the family, positive personal experiences, problems with services, difficult behaviours) and displays good reliability and construct validity (O'Driscoll et al, 2018).…”

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Exploring the efficacy of a low intensity psychological intervention for family members and carers of individuals with a first episode of psychosis in early intervention services

Shaikh

Eilender

O’Brien

et al. 2023

Early Intervention Psych

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Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy, and explore carers' experience, of a brief carer focussed intervention in an Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service using a mixed methods approach.Methods: Carers within EIP services were invited to have the intervention, comprising a psychoeducation and wellbeing component, and 153 carers completed routine outcome measures including the Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI),The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWEBS) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) at baseline and after the completion of the intervention. Separately, nine carers took part in semi-structured interviews about their experience of the intervention. Results:The intervention resulted in improvement of overall well-being, a reduction in self-reported anxiety and caregiving experience relating to difficult behaviours and stigma/effects on the family. Overall, the carers' subjective experiences of the intervention were positive. Thematic analysis indicated epistemic trust indexed by the connection carers achieved with the service, an experience of being valued and of experiencing change through the intervention. Conclusion:A short, 8 weeks intervention delivered by assistant psychologists, may offer an effective method for facilitating understanding of the illness and acclimatizing to new challenges. Exploring the effectiveness of psychoeducation and capturing this with specific measures may allow the service to make meaningful adaptations to their intervention.

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Exploring the efficacy of a low intensity psychological intervention for family members and carers of individuals with a first episode of psychosis in early intervention services

Shaikh

Eilender

O’Brien

et al. 2023

Early Intervention Psych

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“…The Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI). Caregiving experience was further assessed using the BECI [24], a 19-item self-report measure where individuals indicate how often over the past month statements such as I have thought about feeling unable to tell anyone of the illness or the illness is causing a family breakup applied to them. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale that ranges from 0 (never) to 4 (nearly always), with total scores ranging from 0 to 76.…”

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“…Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale that ranges from 0 (never) to 4 (nearly always), with total scores ranging from 0 to 76. The validation process carried out on data collected in 626 carers of individuals with psychosis resulted in a 19-item, four-factor inventory with a good model fit, and displaying good reliability and validity [24]. Subscales (i.e., factors) include Difficult Behaviours, Positive Personal Experiences, Problems with Services, and Stigma/Effects on Family.…”

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“…Indeed, caregiver burden is a multi-faceted construct reflecting various dimensions such as negative emotion, interpersonal relationship, time demand, patient's dependence, and self-accusation and guilt [23]. Similarly, caregiving experience includes negative as well as positive aspects [24,25]. To the best of our knowledge, no study has examined the contribution of the various dimensions of caregiving experience to the severity of depression and how they might relate to individual depressive symptoms in caregivers of people with a SMD.…”

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Caregiving-related experiences associated with depression severity and its symptomatology among caregivers of individuals with a severe mental disorder: an online cross-sectional study

Lespine

Bohec

Dorey

et al. 2022

Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Caring for a relative with a severe mental disorder puts family caregivers to a great risk of depression. While overall caregiving burden is a strong predictor of depression, the contribution of the various dimensions of burden to caregivers’ depression as well as their relationships with depressive symptoms has received little attention. 384 family caregivers completed a cross-sectional online survey including the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), and the Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI), measuring caregiving burden and experience. We estimated the structure of the relationships between caregiving experiences (i.e., ZBI and BECI subscales) and CES-D symptoms using a network approach. Negative Emotion/Consequences, (lack of) Positive Personal Experience, and Stigma/Effects on Family were the most connected caregiving dimensions to depression. To untangle the role of the Negative Emotion/Consequences component (by far the most central node in estimated networks), a secondary analysis incorporating its composing items was estimated. Losing control over life, feeling strained around the relative and impaired self-perceived health emerged as central nodes. Interestingly, these caregiving-related dimensions or experiences were differentially connected to depressive symptoms. We discuss how these findings might help future research and inform tailored psychoeducational interventions for family caregivers of people with a severe mental disorder.

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“…The Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI) (O'Driscoll et al, 2018) provides a shortened 19-item version of the ECI, which aims to provide a quicker and less burdensome version for carers to complete. The BECI was reviewed but excluded from the final COSMIN assessment for two reasons.…”

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Self-Report Measures Assessing Aspects of Personal Recovery in Relatives and Other Informal Carers of Those With Psychosis: A Systematic Review

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BackgroundProviding long-term care for a family member with psychosis can cause significant distress for informal carers due to the trauma of seeing their loved one in crisis, dealing with the difficult symptoms of psychosis and the burden of providing care. An important aspect of carers' adjustment can be construed as their personal recovery in relation to having a relative affected by psychosis. Self-report measures are increasingly used to assess personal recovery in service users, but less is known about the utility of such tools for carers.AimsThis review aimed to identify all self-report measures assessing aspects of carers' personal recovery, and to quality appraise them.MethodsAcademic Search Ultimate, CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsychINFO and PubMed were searched for articles that reported the development of self-report measures created for carers of those with psychosis. Studies were appraised using the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of health status Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist. A Levels of Evidence synthesis provided overall quality scores for each measure.ResultsThe search identified 3,154 articles for initial screening. From a total of 322 full text articles, 95 self-report measures were identified with a final 10 measures included for the quality assessment showing varying levels of psychometric rigor.ConclusionsThe results show that no single self-report measure is currently available for use to comprehensively assess personal recovery for carers, highlighting the need for further research in this area and the development of a new measure.

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The development and validation of the Brief Experience of Caregiving Inventory (BECI)

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

Exploring the efficacy of a low intensity psychological intervention for family members and carers of individuals with a first episode of psychosis in early intervention services

Exploring the efficacy of a low intensity psychological intervention for family members and carers of individuals with a first episode of psychosis in early intervention services

Caregiving-related experiences associated with depression severity and its symptomatology among caregivers of individuals with a severe mental disorder: an online cross-sectional study

Self-Report Measures Assessing Aspects of Personal Recovery in Relatives and Other Informal Carers of Those With Psychosis: A Systematic Review

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