Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI)

The Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) is a self-report instrument that measures the level of burden that principal caregivers experience. Originally developed for caregivers of persons with dementia, ZBI is now used with various types of caregivers, including parents of children with health, behavioral, and developmental problems. The current full version, ZBI-22, has 22 items, each using a 5-point Likert-type scale. Shorter versions exist; see Yu et al. (2019) in the psychometric references below.

Content

Category

Home and Community

Sub-Category

Parenting

Domains

Burden experienced by caregivers of children with health, behavioral, or developmental problems

Grades

< 3 Years,

Pre-Kindergarten,

Kindergarten,

1st Grade,

2nd Grade,

3rd Grade,

4th Grade,

5th Grade,

6th Grade,

7th Grade,

8th Grade,

9th Grade,

10th Grade,

11th Grade,

12th Grade,

Post secondary

Languages

English,

Spanish,

Chinese,

Other

Other Language/s

Afrikaans, Arabic, Bahasa/Indonesian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Ganda (Luganda), Georgian, German, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Zulu

Respondent

Parent

Administration Information

Length

22 items

Administration

Computer,

Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free

Contact

Steven H Zarit z67@psu.edu, MAPI Research Trust www.mapi-trust.org

Link

https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/zarit-burden-interview

Use in Research

Al-Balushi, N., Al-Alawi, M., Al Shekaili, M., Al-Balushi, M., Mirza, H., Al-Huseini, S., ... & Al-Adawi, S. (2019). Predictors of burden of care among caregivers of drug-naive children and adolescents with ADHD: A cross-sectional correlative study from Muscat, Oman. Journal of Attention Disorders, 23(5), 517-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054718808381

Çınar, S., Boztepe, H., Ay, A., Yılmaz, P., Güllü, H., Karadavut, B., ... & Akyüz, C. (2021). Predictors of parenting stress in parents of children with cancer. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 54, 102022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2021.102022

Prieto, V. (2022). Caregiver Burden, Caregiving Satisfaction, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity. Pediatric Nursing, 48(3), 111-121.

Psychometrics

Scoring

Computer scoring,

Manual scoring

Psychometric References

Anthony-Bergstone, C. R., Zarit, S. H., & Gatz, M. (1988). Symptoms of psychological distress among caregivers of dementia patients. Psychology and Aging, 3(3), 245. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.3.3.245

Zarit, S., Orr, N. K., & Zarit, J. M. (1985). The hidden victims of Alzheimer's disease: Families under stress. New York University Press.

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. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/20.6.649

Zarit, S. H., & Zarit, J. M. (1990). The memory and behavior problems checklist and the burden interview. Gerontology Center, The Pennsylvania State University.

Yu, J., Yap, P., & Liew, T. M. (2019). The optimal short version of the Zarit Burden Interview for dementia caregivers: diagnostic utility and externally validated cutoffs. Aging & Mental Health, 23(6), 706-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1450841

Item Type

Likert

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