Development, validation, and administration of a treatment-satisfaction questionnaire for caregivers of dependent type 2 diabetic patients

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Table 1 Treatment satisfaction questionnaire for carers of dependent type 2 diabetic patients (current version) (STCD₂-a), translated into English

1. Are you satisfied with the treatment the person you look after is currently receiving?
Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied
2. Are you satisfied with the degree to which the person you look after accepts the treatment?
Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied
3. Are you satisfied with how easy it is to administer the treatment to the person you look after? (injecting, giving tablets, etc)
Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied
4. Are you satisfied with the number of times a day you administer the treatment to the person you look after?
Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied
5. Are you satisfied with what you know about the treatment for diabetes?
Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied
6. Would you be satisfied to continue with the same treatment?
Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied
7. Would you recommend this treatment for other people like the person you look after?
Yes, I would definitely recommend it	I probably would recommend it	I’m not sure	I probably wouldn’t recommend it	no, I wouldn’t recommend it at all

Table 2 Treatment satisfaction questionnaire for carers of dependent type 2 diabetic patients (change version) (STCD₂-c), translated into English

1. Are you satisfied with the treatment the person you look after is currently receiving?
Much more satisfied now	Somewhat more satisfied now	Equally satisfied now	Somewhat less satisfied now	Much less satisfied now
2. Are you satisfied with the degree to which the person you look after accepts the treatment?
Much more satisfied now	Somewhat more satisfied now	Equally satisfied now	Somewhat less satisfied now	Much less satisfied now
3. Are you satisfied with how easy it is to administer the treatment to the person you look after? (injecting, giving tablets, etc)
Much more satisfied now	Somewhat more satisfied now	Equally satisfied now	Somewhat less satisfied now	Much less satisfied now
4. Are you satisfied with the number of times a day you administer the treatment to the person you look after?
Much more satisfied now	Somewhat more satisfied now	Equally satisfied now	Somewhat less satisfied now	Much less satisfied now
5. Are you satisfied with what you know about the treatment for diabetes?
Much more satisfied now	Somewhat more satisfied now	Equally satisfied now	Somewhat less satisfied now	Much less satisfied now
6. Would you be satisfied to continue with the same treatment?
Much more satisfied now	Somewhat more satisfied now	Equally satisfied now	Somewhat less satisfied now	Much less satisfied now
7. Would you recommend this treatment for other people like the person you look after?
Yes, I would definitely recommend it	I probably would recommend it	I’m not sure	I probably wouldn’t recommend it	No, I wouldn’t recommend it at all

Table 3 Epidemiological description of dependent patients looked after by carers interviewed with questionnaire versions STCD₂-a and STCD₂-c

	STCD2-a (n=219)	STCD2-c (n=127)
Sex	n (%)	n (%)
Female	142 (64.8)	79 (62.2)
Male	77 (35.2)	48 (37.8)
Age	Years	Years
Mean (SD)	83.8 (6.9)	83.8 (7.1)
Median (range)	84.0 (56–98)	84.0 (56–97)
Living situation	n (%)	n (%)
Home	148 (67.6)	86 (67.7)
Residential care	71 (32.4)	41 (32.3)
Lawton scale	Points	Points
Mean (SD)	0.9 (1.4)	1.0 (1.5)
Median	0	0
Barthel scale	Points	Points
Mean (SD)	39.3 (29.2)	40.0 (30.6)
Median	45.0	45.0

Abbreviations: STCD₂-a, Satisfacción con el Tratamiento de los Cuidadores de pacientes Diabéticos tipo 2 (versión actual) [STCD₂-a, treatment satisfaction among carers of dependent type 2 diabetic patients (current version)]; STCD₂-c, STCD₂ (versión cambio) [change version]; SD, standard deviation.

Table 4 Epidemiological description of the carers of dependent patients to whom the different questionnaires were administered

	STCD2-a (n=219)	STCD2-c (n=127)
Sex	n (%)	n (%)
Female	170 (77.6)	93 (73.2)
Male	49 (22.4)	34 (26.8)
Age	Years	Years
Mean (SD)	50.1 (14.8)	51.5 (13.0)
Median (range)	50.0 (23–95)	50 (30–85)
Number of caregivers	n (%)	n (%)
1	40 (18.3)	20 (15.7)
<1	179 (81.7)	107 (84.3)
Level of education	n (%)	n (%)
Primary	94 (42.9)	52 (40.9)
Secondary or higher	125 (57.1)	75 (59.0)
Nationality	n (%)	n (%)
Spanish	208 (95)	123 (97)
European	2 (0.9)	1 (0)
American	8 (3.7)	3 (2.4)
Other	1 (0.5)	0
Type of carer	n (%)	n (%)
Paid	65 (29.7)	34 (26.8)
Informal	154 (70.3)	93 (73.2)
Time dedicated to caring	Hours	Hours
Mean (SD)	11.9 (7.3)	11.5 (7.3)
Median	8 (1–24)	8 (1–24)

Abbreviations: STCD₂-a, Satisfacción con el Tratamiento de los Cuidadores de pacientes Diabéticos tipo 2 (versión actual) [STCD₂-a, treatment satisfaction among carers of dependent type 2 diabetic patients (current version)]; STCD₂-c, STCD₂ (versión cambio) [change version]; SD, standard deviation.

Figure 1 Carers’ overall satisfaction in the different groups of treatment.

Note: Data presented as range, 95% mean confidence interval (boxes), and median.