Assessing the burden of caregivers of patients with mental disorders: translating and validating the involvement evaluation questionnaire into Greek

Table 2 Mean, standard deviations, and factor loading of the Greek IEQ-EU core module

Item	Mean	SD	F1	F2	F3	F4
16: Encouraged to take proper care	2.85	1.660	0.782	-	-	-
17: Help to take proper care	2.65	1.709	0.781	-	-	-
19: Encouraged to undertake activity	2.80	1.707	0.731	-	-	-
21: Ensured medication intake	3.45	1.591	0.721	-	-	0.312
18: Encouraged to eat enough	1.66	1.136	0.669	-	-	-
20: Accompanied outside	2.66	1.642	0.639	-	-	-
24: Ensured sufficient sleep	1.95	1.268	0.594	0.319	-	-
29: Sleep was disturbed	1.62	0.963	0.587	0.380	-	-
27: Taken over tasks	3.62	1.598	0.560		-	0.446
34: Felt threatened	1.32	0.773	-	0.814	-	-
35: Thought of moving out	1.42	0.727	-	0.761	-	0.325
31: Quarrels	1.72	0.875	-	0.666	-	0.420
22: Guarded from dangerous acts	1.63	1.153	0.437	0.620	-	-
32: Annoyed by patient’s behavior	2.00	1.173	-	0.582	-	0.362
25: Guarded from alcohol misuse	1.62	1.259	-	0.545	-	-
45: Feeling of being able to cope the relative’s mental health problem	3.22	1.152	-	−0.526	-	-
39: Worried about patient’s general health	2.88	1.281	-	-	0.884	-
38: Worried about treatment	2.52	1.264	-	-	0.841	-
37: Worried about patient’s safety	3.25	1.403	-	-	0.831	-
41: Worried about patient’s future	4.08	1.229	-	-	0.687	0.443
40: Worried about patient’s finances	3.77	1.389	0.316	-	0.636	-
46: Change the relationship with relative since the onset of the mental health problems	2.49	1.174	-	-	-	0.859
43: Felt burdened	2.92	1.439	-	-	0.355	0.730
30: Atmosphere was strained	1.77	0.844	-	0.405	-	0.685
44: Acceptance of the relative’s mental health problems	3.88	1.244	-	−0.480	-	0.510
42: Worried about own future	2.91	1.259	-	-	-	0.465

Only loading of >0.30 are presented. F1 urging, F2 tension, F3 worrying, F4 common future.

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