Le Caregiving Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ-21) permet d’évaluer le fardeau des aidants familiaux. L’objectif de cette étude est de présenter une validation d’une traduction française de ce questionnaire (FCGSQ-21) auprès de parents d’enfants ayant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA). Le CGSQ-21 a été validé auprès de 167 parents qui ont rempli six questionnaires évaluant l’optimisme, le soutien social perçu, la satisfaction, l’anxiété, la dépression et le fardeau perçu. Grâce à une analyse factorielle exploratoire (EFA) et confirmatoire (CFA), il a été testé la validité factorielle, la validité convergente et la cohérence interne du French Caregiving Strain Questionnaire (FCGSQ-21). Il est retrouvé que le modèle à trois facteurs est le plus adapté à la structure du FCGSQ-21. La validité convergente montre des corrélations significatives entre de nombreuses échelles du protocole. L’homogénéité du FCGSQ-21 est excellente avec un alpha de Cronbach à 0,90. Le FCGSQ-21 va permettre d’évaluer le niveau de fardeau des parents dans une optique d’adapter l’intervention faite auprès de l’enfant et de ses parents.

The Caregiving Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ-21) allows the assessment of the burden of family caregivers. The objective of this study is to present a validation of a French translation of this questionnaire (FCGSQ-21) to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A literature review from 2002 to 2012 highlighted that five scales measured caregivers’ burden regarding children and only one English scale examined parents of children with ASD's burden. The CGSQ-21 was chosen for this study and has been validated with 167 French parents who completed an online survey. Those parents filled out a total of six questionnaires measuring optimism, perceived social support, care satisfaction, anxiety, depression and perceived burden. The factorial and convergent validities as well as the internal consistency of the FCGSQ-21 have been tested with an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A three factors model was found to best fit the structure of this scale, those include the objective burden as well as the internalized and externalized subjective burdens. The convergent validity brings to light significant correlations between many scales of the protocol. In the present study, the FCGSQ-21's homogeneity is excellent with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.90. The FCGSQ-21 is a valid and useful tool to measure the burden perceived by parents of children with ASD. This study's objective was to confirm the tool's validity in order to improve clinical practice with children and their parents. This scale evaluates parents’ levels of burden perceived for the purpose of adapting interventions given to the children while taking into account parental well-being's specificities highlighted by the FCGSQ-21.