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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2023

Tahereh Yaghoubi ,
Ali Ardalan ,
Abbas Ebadi ,
Amir Nejati ,
Hamidreza Khankeh ,
Hamid Safarpour Open the ORCID record for Hamid Safarpour [Opens in a new window]  and
Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh
Tahereh Yaghoubi
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Ali Ardalan
Affiliation:
Department of Disaster Public Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abbas Ebadi
Affiliation:
Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Amir Nejati
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hamidreza Khankeh
Affiliation:
Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hamid Safarpour
Affiliation:
Non - Communicable Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh*
Affiliation:
Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), H1, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Huddinge, Sweden
*
Corresponding author: Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Email: davoud.khorasani@gmail.com
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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.

Keywords

decision makingemergency evacuationhospitaldisastersemergencies
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e380
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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