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Development and Psychometric Properties of Decision-Making Scale for Emergency Hospital Evacuation in Disasters Publisher Pubmed



Yaghoubi T1 ; Ardalan A2 ; Ebadi A3, 4 ; Nejati A5 ; Khankeh H6 ; Safarpour H7, 8 ; Khorasanizavareh D9, 10, 11
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  1. 1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Disaster Public Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Non - Communicable Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
  9. 9. Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  10. 10. Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  11. 11. Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), H1, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Huddinge, Sweden

Source: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Published:2023


Abstract

Background: The evidence shows that the need for emergency evacuation in hospitals has arisen. Designing an emergency evacuation decision making tool increases the confidence of hospital managers in the decision made. Therefore, this study was aimed at the development, and the psychometric properties, of the decision-making scale for emergency hospital evacuation in disasters. Methods: This study was done in 2 phases of qualitative study and literature review and designing and psychometric properties of the instrument. After development of the primary item pool, the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were evaluated. In this regard, face and content validity, internal consistency (Alpha's Cronbach), reliability (ICC), and stability were assessed. Results: In the validity stage of the instrument, 4 items were removed. Also, 4 items were modified and 2 items were merged. The number of items was thus decreased to 64. After CVI calculation, 5 items were removed, 4 items were modified, and 2 items were merged. As a result of this, the number of items decreased to 58 items. The scale has good reliability and stability. Conclusion: It seems that the instrument could be useful in decision-making for emergency hospital evacuation in disasters. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
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