Assessing the Emergency Preparedness of the Educational Hospitals in Kurdistan⇔S University of Medical Sciences, Using the Resilience Engineering Method in 2018



Mozaffari S¹ ; Abedi KAD² ; Garmaroudi AA³ Show Affiliations
Source: Iran Occupational Health Published:2021

Abstract

Background and aims: The following study is aimed to assess the preparedness of educational hospitals of Kurdistan’s University of Medical Sciences, using a self-designed questionnaire that measures the six factors of resiliency. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, data collection was performed through a self-designed questionnaire, covering six factors of resilience engineering, the validity and reliability of the results were examined using CVR, CVI and alpha Cronbach. Data collection was done by using a questionnaire; using the stratified sampling from four hospitals and the data analysis was performed by SPSS.24 Results: The reliability analysis shows that the alpha coefficient (α = 0.98) has an excellent internal consistency, and the CVI and CVR, were estimated at 0.78 and 0.97, respectively. From the 1211 subjects of the survey population, by considering the inclusion study criteria, 118 were randomly selected through stratified sampling. The results of the questionnaire’s analysis revealed that the average factor score (SD) is as follows: Correct culture 42.54 (2.98), learning culture 72.69 (3.45), awareness and opacity 34.61 (3.5), were assessed with the highest score. The management commitment 25.66 (2.85) and preparedness factor 119.93 (5.8), were in the range of moderate, and the flexibility factor was 14.64 (2.12). The results of correlation show that there is a positive and significantly strong relationship between the hospital resiliency and demographic characteristics (age: r = 0.65, years of experience: r = 0.69, level of education; r = 0.53, P-value < 0.001) Conclusion: The years of work experience and level of education, play an essential role in increasing the resiliency in hospitals. The hospital managers should propose more guidelines for training and maneuvering in triage, treatment, accident command, and decontamination priority. © 2021 Iran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.