Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context

Being able to identify socially frail older adults is essential for designing interventions and policy and for the prediction of health outcomes, both on the level of individual older adults and of the population. The aim of the present study was to adapt the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to the...

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Main Authors:	Steven Bunt, Nardi Steverink, Melissa K. Andrew, Cees P. van der Schans, Hans Hobbelen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:	social frailty social vulnerability frailty index
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/11/1387

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spelling	doaj-3a6c876839f94102adcfb67ebe3d389d2020-11-24T20:47:11ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012017-11-011411138710.3390/ijerph14111387ijerph14111387Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch ContextSteven Bunt0Nardi Steverink1Melissa K. Andrew2Cees P. van der Schans3Hans Hobbelen4Research Group in Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University Groningen, University of Applied Sciences, 9714 CA Groningen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Sociology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, 9712 TG Groningen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Medicine (Geriatrics), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 2E1, CanadaResearch Group in Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University Groningen, University of Applied Sciences, 9714 CA Groningen, The NetherlandsResearch Group in Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University Groningen, University of Applied Sciences, 9714 CA Groningen, The NetherlandsBeing able to identify socially frail older adults is essential for designing interventions and policy and for the prediction of health outcomes, both on the level of individual older adults and of the population. The aim of the present study was to adapt the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to the Dutch language and culture for those purposes. A systematic cross-cultural adaptation of the initial Social Vulnerability Index was performed following five steps: initial translation, synthesis of translations, back translation, a Delphi procedure, and a test for face validity and feasibility. The main result of this study is a face-valid 32 item Dutch version of the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI-D) that is feasible in health care and social care settings. The SVI-D is a useful index to measure social frailty in Dutch-language countries and offers a broad, holistic quantification of older people’s social circumstances related to the risk of adverse health outcomes.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/11/1387social frailtysocial vulnerabilityfrailtyindex
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author	Steven Bunt Nardi Steverink Melissa K. Andrew Cees P. van der Schans Hans Hobbelen
spellingShingle	Steven Bunt Nardi Steverink Melissa K. Andrew Cees P. van der Schans Hans Hobbelen Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health social frailty social vulnerability frailty index
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title	Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context
title_short	Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context
title_full	Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context
title_fullStr	Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context
title_full_unstemmed	Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context
title_sort	cross-cultural adaptation of the social vulnerability index for use in the dutch context
publisher	MDPI AG
series	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn	1660-4601
publishDate	2017-11-01
description	Being able to identify socially frail older adults is essential for designing interventions and policy and for the prediction of health outcomes, both on the level of individual older adults and of the population. The aim of the present study was to adapt the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to the Dutch language and culture for those purposes. A systematic cross-cultural adaptation of the initial Social Vulnerability Index was performed following five steps: initial translation, synthesis of translations, back translation, a Delphi procedure, and a test for face validity and feasibility. The main result of this study is a face-valid 32 item Dutch version of the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI-D) that is feasible in health care and social care settings. The SVI-D is a useful index to measure social frailty in Dutch-language countries and offers a broad, holistic quantification of older people’s social circumstances related to the risk of adverse health outcomes.
topic	social frailty social vulnerability frailty index
url	https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/11/1387
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social Vulnerability Index for Use in the Dutch Context

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