Chronic illness management requires self-care. Although family caregivers are essential in helping patients, there is currently no approved tool in Iran to assess their impact. Translating and assessing the psychometric qualities of the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory (CC-SC-CII) in Persian was the goal of this work. Convenience sampling was used to choose 334 family caregivers of patients with chronic illnesses for this methodological study, which was carried out in Zanjan, Iran. In accordance with Beaton’s recommendations, the forward-backward approach was used to translate the instrument. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to evaluate construct validity. Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) for test-retest stability were used to assess reliability. Self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, self-care management, and caregiver self-efficacy were the four initial factors that the CFA endorsed. Acceptable goodness-of-fit indices were shown by the model (χ²/df = 2.8, RMSEA = 0.07, CFI = 0.98, GFI = 0.90). Excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.96) and stability (ICC = 0.96, p < 0.001) were demonstrated by the instrument. On a standardized 0–100 scale, caregivers reported poor mean scores for self-efficacy (26.32) and self-care management (29.41). With low management and self-efficacy ratings, the Persian CC-SC-CII is a valid and reliable tool that may be used for clinical screening and research. Clinicians should use this measure to identify caregivers who need specific educational interventions about symptom response. Not applicable.
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