![]() The three subscales “burden”, “disruptiveness”, and “financial concerns” indicate to a good reliability of the instrument (Cronbach’s α ranged between 0.754 and 0.832), while the subscale “positive adaptation” demonstrated low reliability ( α = 0.579). Correlations between change scores with patients’ global health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were calculated for three time points to evaluate the responsiveness. ![]() ![]() Construct validity was examined by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and hypothesis testing. Internal consistency was determined by Cronbach’s α. Data of 212 caregivers were gained at the baseline of the study. The CQOLC was administered along with the World Health Organization Quality of Life short version (WHOQOL-BREF) to caregivers of patients taking part in a randomized-controlled intervention study. In this study, we evaluated the reliability and construct validity of a German version of the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) in a sample of 212 caregivers of breast and gynaecologic cancer patients. There is no disease-specific instrument to measure the quality of life of significant others of cancer patients in Germany.
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