Psychometric Analysis of Health System Resilience Scale and Assessing it in the Face of Covid-19 Crisis in Iran

The study aimed to analysis the psychometric properties of the health system resilience scale, assessing it and to introduce a conceptual model for qualitative analysis of Iran health system in the face of the civid-19 crisis.

In this Mixed-method study, the determination of face and content validity was performed using 8 experts. The structure validity was investigated in a cross-sectional study through an electronic survey of 178 actors in the Iran health system. Resilience has been assessed in five dimensions using 5point Likert scale.

The percentage mean score of the Iranian health system resilience in the face of the Covid19 crisis was 41/08 and in the moderate level. The percentage mean score (standard deviation) for 5 dimension include awareness 39/2 (21), diversity 38/7 (21), self-regulation 36 (20/6), integration 39/9 (21/5) and adaptation 41/2 (21/8). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated the appropriate fit of the information with the five-component structure.

The maximum score of resilience dimension belongs to adaptation and the lowest to the self-regulation indicating that it requires interventions to involve the private sector, and to design a new delivery system for crisis situations. The questionnaire can be used as a standard instrument for assessing the health system resilience.