发展和心理测试的冠状病毒意识和准备规模:一个横截面研究
Meng Zhao1, Kyoung Lee2, Yuxia Huang3
1School of Nursing North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro North Carolina USA.
Health science reports
|February 27, 2024
概括
一个新的冠状病毒意识和准备度量 (CAPS) 被开发和验证,以评估社区在COVID-19大流行期间的准备. 这种工具有效地衡量了对空气传播疾病的认识和准备.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
背景情况:
- 对于一个标准化的工具来评估社区的意识和准备在美国的COVID-19大流行期间存在着至关重要的需求.
- 现有的措施不足以捕捉公众对新出现的危机反应的多方面的性质.
研究的目的:
- 开发和心理验证一个新的尺度,冠状病毒意识和准备度量 (CAPS).
- 为评估社区对COVID-19的理解和准备提供一个可靠的工具.
主要方法:
- 该研究涉及两个阶段:规模开发和随后的验证.
- 心理测试,包括探索性因子分析和可靠性测试,对1237名大学教师,工作人员和学生的样本进行.
- 数据收集发生在2020年3月至7月期间.
主要成果:
- 最终的CAPS包括26个项目,分为四个因素:威胁,信心,个人预防措施和公共预防措施.
- 这个尺度表现出令人满意的内部一致性 (克朗巴赫的α = 0.75).
- 项目分析证实了子尺度内的强烈,统计学上显著的相关性.
结论:
- 在COVID-19流行病的初期阶段,CAPS是评估社区意识和准备能力的可靠和有效工具.
- 该尺度的适应性使其可用于评估对未来空气传播疾病爆发的准备.
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