The Impact on Family Scale can be used to evaluate the impact that a chronic childhood illness has on the family. This can be used to monitor a family over time for its ability to cope with the problems arising from the child's. The authors are from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Statements: - 24 items reflecting various impacts of the illness on the family
Impact on Family
Points
none, not at all
1
mild, a little bit
2
moderate, a moderate amount
3
high, a great deal
4
Subdomains
Number of Statements
Statements:
financial
4
1, 2, 3, 4
familial and social
9
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
personal strain
6
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
mastery
5
20, 21, 22, 23, 24
total score =
= SUM(points for all 24 items)
If items are missing, then score is the mean of the score from the answered items multiplied by 24.
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 24
• maximum score: 96
• The higher the score the more marked the impact on the family.
• maximum subscore for financial: 16
• maximum subscore for familial and social: 36
• maximum subscore for personal strain: 24
• maximum subscore for feelings of mastery: 20
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