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Development and Psychometric Properties of Decision-Making Scale for Emergency Hospital Evacuation in Disasters
Tahereh Yaghoubi1, Ali Ardalan2, Abbas Ebadi3,4
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
|April 17, 2023
Summary
A new scale helps hospital managers make better decisions during emergency evacuations. This tool enhances confidence in critical disaster response planning.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Disaster Preparedness
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Growing evidence highlights the necessity for emergency hospital evacuation procedures.
- Effective decision-making tools are crucial for enhancing hospital managers' confidence during crises.
- Disasters necessitate robust strategies for timely and efficient hospital evacuations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a decision-making scale for emergency hospital evacuation in disaster situations.
- To evaluate the psychometric properties of the developed emergency evacuation decision-making scale.
Main Methods:
- The study employed a two-phase approach: qualitative study and literature review.
- Instrument development involved creating an initial item pool, followed by psychometric evaluation.
- Key psychometric properties assessed included face and content validity, internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha), reliability (ICC), and stability.
Main Results:
- Initial validity assessments led to the removal, modification, and merging of items, reducing the scale to 64 items.
- Further refinement based on the Coefficient of Variation of the Instrument (CVI) resulted in a 58-item scale.
- The final scale demonstrated good reliability and stability, indicating its robustness.
Conclusions:
- The developed decision-making scale is a potentially valuable instrument for guiding hospital evacuations during disasters.
- This tool can support hospital managers in making more informed and confident decisions in emergency scenarios.
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