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Published in: BMC Primary Care 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Research article

Assessment of the coordination of integrated health service delivery networks by the primary health care: COPAS questionnaire validation in the Brazilian context

Authors: Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues, Claudia Benedita dos Santos, Sueli Leiko Takamatsu Goyatá, Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Mellina Yamamura, Keila Christiane Deon, Luis Miguel Veles Lapão, Marcelino Santos Neto, Severina Alice da Costa Uchoa, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

Published in: BMC Primary Care | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

Health systems organized as networks and coordinated by the Primary Health Care (PHC) may contribute to the improvement of clinical care, sanitary conditions, satisfaction of patients and reduction of local budget expenditures. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate a questionnaire - COPAS - to assess the coordination of Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks by the Primary Health Care.

Methods

A cross sectional approach was used. The population was pooled from Family Health Strategy healthcare professionals, of the Alfenas region (Minas Gerais, Brazil). Data collection was performed from August to October 2013. The results were checked for the presence of floor and ceiling effects and the internal consistency measured through Cronbach alpha. Construct validity was verified through convergent and discriminant values following Multitrait-Multimethod (MTMM) analysis.

Results

Floor and ceiling effects were absent. The internal consistency of the instrument was satisfactory; as was the convergent validity, with a few correlations lower then 0.30. The discriminant validity values of the majority of items, with respect to their own dimension, were found to be higher or significantly higher than their correlations with the dimensions to which they did not belong.

Conclusion

The results showed that the COPAS instrument has satisfactory initial psychometric properties and may be used by healthcare managers and workers to assess the PHC coordination performance within the Integrated Health Service Delivery Network.
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Metadata
Title
Assessment of the coordination of integrated health service delivery networks by the primary health care: COPAS questionnaire validation in the Brazilian context
Authors
Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues
Claudia Benedita dos Santos
Sueli Leiko Takamatsu Goyatá
Marcela Paschoal Popolin
Mellina Yamamura
Keila Christiane Deon
Luis Miguel Veles Lapão
Marcelino Santos Neto
Severina Alice da Costa Uchoa
Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Primary Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 2731-4553
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0299-5

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