The Italian cross-cultural adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social vulnerability is a key health domain that is associated with frailty and disability in older adults, informing clinical trajectories and outcomes both on an individual and at a population level. The underlying concept is that frailty develops with the accumulation of physical, psychological, and social deficits, and the identification of losses in the social domain may allow for designing tailored interventions in a timely fashion. The aim of the present study was to adapt the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to the Italian language and culture for these purposes.

Methods

The Italian version of the SVI (SVI-I) has been developed through a comprehensive cross-cultural adaptation of the original Canadian SVI. This process involved four steps: initial translat

SUBMITTER: Mangini G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12358436 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature