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Development of Hospital MCI and Disaster Preparedness Assessment Tool for Thailand

INTRODUCTION: Hospital preparedness is a key component to mitigate the effects of mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and disasters. Improving hospital preparedness requires an assessment of the country’s current health system capacity, readiness, and preparedness. Although a variety of assessment tools...

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Autores principales: Wuthisuthimethawee, Prasit, Rojsaengroeng, Rapeeporn, Krongtrivate, Torpong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34456593
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S314391
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author Wuthisuthimethawee, Prasit
Rojsaengroeng, Rapeeporn
Krongtrivate, Torpong
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description INTRODUCTION: Hospital preparedness is a key component to mitigate the effects of mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and disasters. Improving hospital preparedness requires an assessment of the country’s current health system capacity, readiness, and preparedness. Although a variety of assessment tools exist, none are entirely suitable for Thailand’s healthcare system. OBJECTIVE: To develop an assessment tool to evaluate hospital preparedness for MCI and disaster in Thailand. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 March 2015 to December 2016. The contents of the first drafted tool were prepared based on evidence from a systematic search of electronic databases published up to 31 December 2014. Key elements identification, extraction, and further organization were based on the World Health Organization health system framework. Validity was tested by experts and emergency management personnel in four domains using a 5-point scale evaluation form. The feasibility of using this assessment tool was carried out in 41 hospitals on a voluntary basis. The tool was considered valid if the item-objective congruence (IOC) index results were at least 0.6 and feasible for median values of at least 4. RESULTS: Seventy-six full texts and guidelines out of 5869 titles and abstracts from a systematic search were enrolled in the study. A constructive literature review was performed to develop a hospital assessment tool. The IOC index results of the assessment tool components were 1.0, 0.9, 0.7, and 1.0 in framework appropriateness, relevance of items, clearness, and usefulness, respectively. The median (interquartile range) values of framework appropriateness, relevance of items, clearness, and usefulness were 4.0 (4.0‒5.0), 4.3 (4.3‒4.5), 4.0 (4.0‒4.0), and 5.0 (4.0‒5.0), respectively. CONCLUSION: An assessment tool to evaluate hospital MCI and disaster preparedness based on the WHO health system framework was valid and feasible at the national level of Thailand.
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spelling pubmed-83873102021-08-26 Development of Hospital MCI and Disaster Preparedness Assessment Tool for Thailand Wuthisuthimethawee, Prasit Rojsaengroeng, Rapeeporn Krongtrivate, Torpong Risk Manag Healthc Policy Original Research INTRODUCTION: Hospital preparedness is a key component to mitigate the effects of mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and disasters. Improving hospital preparedness requires an assessment of the country’s current health system capacity, readiness, and preparedness. Although a variety of assessment tools exist, none are entirely suitable for Thailand’s healthcare system. OBJECTIVE: To develop an assessment tool to evaluate hospital preparedness for MCI and disaster in Thailand. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 March 2015 to December 2016. The contents of the first drafted tool were prepared based on evidence from a systematic search of electronic databases published up to 31 December 2014. Key elements identification, extraction, and further organization were based on the World Health Organization health system framework. Validity was tested by experts and emergency management personnel in four domains using a 5-point scale evaluation form. The feasibility of using this assessment tool was carried out in 41 hospitals on a voluntary basis. The tool was considered valid if the item-objective congruence (IOC) index results were at least 0.6 and feasible for median values of at least 4. RESULTS: Seventy-six full texts and guidelines out of 5869 titles and abstracts from a systematic search were enrolled in the study. A constructive literature review was performed to develop a hospital assessment tool. The IOC index results of the assessment tool components were 1.0, 0.9, 0.7, and 1.0 in framework appropriateness, relevance of items, clearness, and usefulness, respectively. The median (interquartile range) values of framework appropriateness, relevance of items, clearness, and usefulness were 4.0 (4.0‒5.0), 4.3 (4.3‒4.5), 4.0 (4.0‒4.0), and 5.0 (4.0‒5.0), respectively. CONCLUSION: An assessment tool to evaluate hospital MCI and disaster preparedness based on the WHO health system framework was valid and feasible at the national level of Thailand. Dove 2021-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8387310/ /pubmed/34456593 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S314391 Text en © 2021 Wuthisuthimethawee et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34456593
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S314391
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