چکیده (انگلیسی):

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 thePrimary 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
throughCronbach 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.