A Framework for the Continuous Monitoring of Person-centred Hospital Care: Validation of a Checklist for Participatory Service Improvement

Overview

Journal Arch Public Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2025 Jan 13

PMID 39806474

Authors

F Cardinali

S Carzaniga

L Martini

M T Loiudice

Fabrizio Carinci

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Abstract

Background: In 2018, a nationwide survey carried out in 387 acute care hospitals from 16 out of 21 Italian regions, allowed defining an extended checklist for the participatory evaluation of person-centredness in hospital care. We aimed to validate a reduced set of core items for continuous use across the country.

Methods: Factor analysis was used to validate the construct of the checklist. Varimax rotation with eigenvalues > 1 was used to optimize factor structure. Items with an item-total correlation > 0.30 and factor loadings > 0.4 were attributed to individual factors. Items with inter-item correlation coefficient > 0.70 were submitted to expert opinion for final decision. Overall internal consistency was assessed through Cronbach's alpha.

Results: A total of 183 out of 243 items in the original checklist were submitted to factor analysis. A subgroup of 67 items was retained in 4 main areas, allocated as follows: 16 items in 4 sub-areas of "Person-oriented organizational and care processes", 16 items in 4 sub-areas of "Physical accessibility, liveability and comfort of the facilities", 15 items in 3 sub-areas of "Access to information, streamlining and transparency", and 20 items in 4 sub-areas of "Taking care of the relationship with patients and citizens". Overall values of Cronbach's alpha ranged between 0.77 and 0.90, showing high consistency.

Conclusions: This study validated a "core" checklist that can be routinely used to monitor the implementation of person-centred care in Italian hospitals. The tool can be applied more widely by multiple stakeholders as a measurement instrument for the participatory evaluation of person-centredness.

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