Caregiver Burden Scale (CBS)
Questionnaire with 22 questions about caregiver burden divided into 5 different categories: general strain (8 questions), isolation (3 questions), disappointment (5 questions), emotional involvement (3 questions), and environment (3 questions).
Answers are scored from 0 to 3 (not at all, hardly, somewhat, and definitely). Each category score is presented as the mean of included questions 1).
1)
Elmståhl S, Malmberg B, Annerstedt L: Caregiver’s burden
of patients 3 years after stroke assessed by a novel caregiver
burden scale. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 77:177–182, 1996