College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Int Emerg Nurs. 2021 May;56:100993. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2021.100993. Epub 2021 Mar 31.
The increasing frequency of disastrous incidents emphasizes on the need of an instant and efficient healthcare services. This study assesses the level of preparedness among nurses in Medina regarding the disaster management, with respect to their knowledge.
Cross-sectional study was conducted among five government hospitals in Medina. A total of 330 (94.3%) full-time nurses participated in this study. Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ) was used to collect data. Data was then analyzed through descriptive statistics, Levene's test (an independent sample t-test), and One-way ANOVA.
Findings of the study indicated an average level of nurses' preparedness for disaster management (M = 3.37, SD 1.03). The difference found for all the preparedness dimensions with respect to level of nursing education was not significant except for familiarity with ethical issues and triage (p = 0.028), and familiarity with accessing critical resources (p = 0.05). Finally, a statistically significant difference was found in the total mean score of disaster preparedness dimensions between nurses who received training in disaster management and those who did not receive training (p ≤ 0.001).
Based on the mean score from 10 factors the study concluded that majority of the nurses have an average level of preparedness for managing disaster situations. Therefore, providing proper education with respect to EPIQ dimensions to the nurses is thus suggested to increase their level of preparedness.
灾难性事件的频繁发生强调了对即时、高效医疗服务的需求。本研究评估了麦地那护士在灾难管理方面的准备程度，主要涉及他们的知识水平。
这是一项在麦地那五所政府医院进行的横断面研究。共有 330 名（94.3%）全职护士参与了这项研究。使用应急准备信息问卷（EPIQ）收集数据。然后通过描述性统计、莱文检验（独立样本 t 检验）和单因素方差分析对数据进行分析。
研究结果表明，护士在灾难管理方面的准备程度平均水平（M=3.37，SD 1.03）。除了对伦理问题和分诊的熟悉程度（p=0.028）以及对获取关键资源的熟悉程度（p=0.05）外，所有准备维度的差异与护理教育水平无关。最后，在接受过灾难管理培训和未接受过培训的护士之间，灾难准备维度的总平均分存在统计学显著差异（p≤0.001）。
根据 10 个因素的平均分，研究得出结论，大多数护士在管理灾难情况方面具有平均水平的准备。因此，建议向护士提供关于 EPIQ 维度的适当教育，以提高他们的准备水平。
