Assessing equity and quality indicators for older people - Adaptation and validation of the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) checklist for the Portuguese care context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Development has promoted longer and healthier lives, but the rise in the proportion of older adults poses new challenges to health systems. Susceptibilities of older persons resulting from lower knowledge about services availability, health illiteracy, lower income, higher mental decline, or physical limitations need to be identified and monitored to assure the equity and quality of health care. The aim of this study was to develop equity indicators for the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE)-3 checklist and perform the first cross-cultural adaptation and validation of this checklist into Portuguese.

Methods

A scoping literature review of determinants or indicators of health (in)equity in the care of older people was performed. A total of 5 language expert

SUBMITTER: Taveira A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256534 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature