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ArticleHealth research policy and systems2024

Development and psychometric validation of an age-friendly health system assessment tool in the Iranian context.

Badriyeh Karami, Maryam Tajvar, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Mehdi Yaseri

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Badriyeh KaramiBehavioral Diseases Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Maryam TajvarDepartment of Health Management, Policy and Economics. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mtajvar@sina.tums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0608-6768
Abbas OstadtaghizadehDepartment of Health in Emergencies and Disasters. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi YaseriDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Healt, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Abstract

Evaluating health system interventions for elderly care necessitates a context-specific, credible and dependable instrument. This research was dedicated to creating and validating a tool to assess the health system's age-friendliness. The study unfolded in two pivotal stages: the generation of items utilizing a hybrid model and the psychometric appraisal of the tool, encompassing both validity and reliability assessments. From an initial pool of 522 items derived from a systematic scoping review and qualitative analysis, a concise assessment tool emerged, featuring 52 items across 6 domains: governance, information, resources, service delivery, community engagement and outcomes. The 52-item tool offers a straightforward, substantiated and robust means to gauge age-friendliness, pinpoint health system deficiencies and facilitate strategic planning on the basis of its insights.

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Delivery of Health CarePsychometricsAgedCommunity ParticipationHealth ResourcesHealth Services for the AgedHumansIranReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesAge-friendlyAssessment toolHealth systemIranPsychometric validation

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