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. 2024 Oct 15;14(1):24145.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-75199-2.

Development of an evaluation list for older adult community-based rehabilitation needs through a Delphi method

Lei Xu  1   2 , Ke Yang  1   2 , Tingting Xiong  3 , Caixiu Xue  1   2 , Xiaohui Xie  1   2 , Jia Wang  1   2 , Lianhong Wang  4   5
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Development of an evaluation list for older adult community-based rehabilitation needs through a Delphi method

Lei Xu et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Older adults' functional and intrinsic abilities may decline with increasing age. The positive effects of comprehensive community-based rehabilitation services to maintain physical, mental, and social function are essential. Nevertheless, few tools are available to assess the community-based rehabilitation needs of older adults. Therefore, we aimed to construct a list for the comprehensive evaluation of community-based rehabilitation needs of older adults. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) was used to construct a first draft of the assessment list. From September to November 2023, 18 experts from five provinces and nine tertiary hospitals and institutions of higher education in China participated in this Delphi study. The older adult community-based rehabilitation needs evaluation list included six dimensions and 29 items. The weights of the six dimensions, from high to low, included mental function rehabilitation need (0.30), body function rehabilitation need (0.24), social participation need (0.18), individual activity rehabilitation need (0.14), environmental rehabilitation need (0.09) and rehabilitation information need (0.05). Using the Delphi method, an assessment list of older adult community-based rehabilitation needs based on ICF was developed. Future work should evaluate the list's reliability and validity and its application in managing community-based rehabilitation for older adults.

Keywords: Aging; CBID; CBR; Needs assessment; Rehabilitation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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