S.VA.M.Di.: a new opportunity for the National Health System

Abstract

Multi-dimensional assessment is still evolving today. Object of our study is not only the transition from the S.Va.M.A form («Scheda per la valutazione multidimensionale dell’anziano» – Questionnaire for multidimensional evaluation of the elderly) to the S.Va.M.Di form («Scheda di valutazione multidimensionale del disabile» – Questionnaire for the multidimensional assessment of disabled individuals), but the administration of S.VA.M.Di to subjects included in a «PAI» («Piano assistenziale individuale» – Individual Assistance Plan). This integration is designed to facilitate the access of patients to home care, integrated home care and residential and semi-residential care.

During 2015 the S.VA.M.Di questionnaire was administered on an experimental basis within the Adult Disability Service of ASL Viterbo to a random mode selected sample of 108 residents of the Viterbo province with a diagnosis of mental retardation (mild, moderate, moderate/severe and severe).

S.VA.M.Di is an anamnestic, diagnostic, evaluative and prescriptive tool, useful for an integrated approach in the patient’s care in the health, social health and / or social dimensions; it is a tool that describes the decision processes and allows statistical and epidemiological analysis.

The analysis of the results showed that the S.VA.M.Di is certainly a very complex questionnaire to be completed, in terms of working hours devoted to the writing and the complexity in processing. However, it has considerable advantages as regards the completeness and accuracy of the data collected. Essential for its implementation and adoption is the adequate training of health professionals involved.