Zarit Burden Interview.

ZBI

What it measures

Subjective caregiver burden (emotional, social, financial and personal strain of caring for an impaired family member, classically in dementia)

Length and format

22 (current); original 29; short forms ZBI-12, ZBI-7, ZBI-4, ZBI-1. 5-point frequency (0 never to 4 nearly always); total 0-88 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (validated across dozens of countries and caregiving contexts)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Zarit, S. H., Reever, K. E., & Bach-Peterson, J. (1980). Relatives of the impaired elderly: correlates of feelings of burden. The Gerontologist, 20(6), 649-655.