Development and validation of primary health care quality assessment tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing the quality of health services gives insights to managers about the status of services delivered by them, especially from the client's perspective. Although various tools have been developed to measure the quality of primary health care (PHC), no specific tool was found in this field in Iran. Therefore, the present study was conducted to develop and validate the quality assessment tool of PHC in Iran.

Methods

This methodological study was conducted in 2021. In the first step, based on a literature review, an initial questionnaire was designed, and its face validity, content validity, construct validity, and reliability were evaluated. Descriptive tests, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, exploratory factor analysis, Kaiser-Myer-Olkin (KMO), and Cronbach's alpha were pe

SUBMITTER: Farrokhi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10601108 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature