Validation of the Italian Version of the Caregiver Abuse Screen among Family Caregivers of Older People with Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 3

Factor analysis for CASE.

CASE items	% yes	Factor 1	Communality
Item 1: Do you sometimes have trouble making (name of person) control his/her temper or aggression?	36.3	0.7413	0.4505
Item 2: Do you often feel you are being forced to act out of character or do things you feel bad about?	46.6	0.7511	0.4359
Item 3: Do you find it difficult to manage (his/her) behavior?	44.1	0.7538	0.4318
Item 4: Do you sometimes feel that you are forced to be rough with (him/her)?	60.7	0.7539	0.4317
Item 5: Do you sometimes feel you cannot do what is really necessary or what should be done for (him/her)?	45.4	0.6719	0.5486
Item 6: Do you often feel you have to reject or ignore (him/her)?	41.8	0.6909	0.5227
Item 7: Do you often feel so tired and exhausted that you cannot meet (his/her) needs?	37.4	0.6069	0.6317
Item 8: Do you often feel you have to yell at (him/her)?	54.6	0.6937	0.5188

Notes: LR test: independent versus saturated: Chi-squared (28) = 1300.59 Prob > Chi-squared ≤ 0.0001.