Análise Factorial Confirmatória da Escala de Sofrimento para Cuidadores em Enfermeiros Portugueses nos Cuidados de Saúde Primários.

The present study aims to adapt and validate the Caregiver Grief Scale (CGS), previously validated for the Portuguese population for formal and informal caregivers by Vasconcelos-Raposo, Ribeiro, Silva, Santos, and Teixeira (2019). The sample consisted of 100 nurses in the Primary Health Care Services (CSP). For the analysis of the psychometric properties of the instrument, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used. The results showed a structure of three factors (Emotional Pain, Relational Loss, and Avoidance), which contradicts the original German version, as well as the earlier validation in Portuguese. The nurses' version presented the following adjustment indices: 2/df=1.609; CFI=.940; GFI=.901; RMSEA=.078; AIC=115,965, showing good composite reliability (.923) and discriminant validity. In conclusion, the Caregiver Grief Scale presents robustness to be used in the study of the grief of Portuguese nurses in Primary Health Care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]