Baglivo Francesco, De Angelis Luigi, Vannini Federico, Agostini Antonello, Todaro Antonio, Torri Eleonora, Gianolio Lopez Giulio Alberto, Fui Margherita, Tomasi Alberto, Rizzo Caterina
Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Italian Society of Travel Medicine and Migrations SIMVIM, Livorno, Italy.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Apr 21;14:e59511. doi: 10.2196/59511.
The evolving global health landscape highlights the importance of travel medicine, making it necessary for health care professionals to understand the epidemiologic profiles among varied traveler populations and keep themselves updated in this rapidly changing field. However, in Italy, travel medicine clinics have significant gaps in resource allocation, staff training, and infrastructure.
This protocol of a cross-sectional study aims to create and validate a questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health care professionals in travel medicine in Italy. The final goal is to provide a tool to evaluate the state of travel medicine, guide training initiatives, and be able to monitor trends over time.
The study population consists of health care professionals who practice travel medicine in Italy. The questionnaire will be developed by adapting an existing English survey and conducting a scoping review to align the questionnaire with contemporary scientific discourse. The validation process includes face validity, content validity, and expert evaluation. The sample size, determined through power analysis, ranges from 218 to 278 participants. The questionnaire will undergo a pilot test on a smaller sample size (10% of the total) to identify and address any issues. Statistical analysis will include central tendency and dispersion measures, categorical summaries, group comparisons, and regressions. This research received ethical approval, and informed consent will be obtained from all participants.
As of July 2024, we completed the questionnaire validation involving 9 experts. The validated version of the questionnaire includes 86 items. Furthermore, we conducted a pilot test on 53 individuals during the SIMVIM (Italian Society of Travel Medicine and Migrations) course on travel medicine held in Lucca, Italy, on June 14, 2024.
This cross-sectional study will guide strategic planning and targeting training and awareness activities in areas deemed most critical or lacking. The study's structured approach and periodic assessments will facilitate the identification of educational gaps, the dissemination of best practices, and the overall improvement of health care services for travelers in Italy.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/59511.
不断演变的全球卫生格局凸显了旅行医学的重要性，这使得医疗保健专业人员有必要了解不同旅行者群体的流行病学概况，并在这个快速变化的领域不断更新自己的知识。然而，在意大利，旅行医学诊所在资源分配、人员培训和基础设施方面存在显著差距。
本横断面研究方案旨在创建并验证一份问卷，以评估意大利旅行医学领域医疗保健专业人员的知识、态度和实践。最终目标是提供一种工具，用于评估旅行医学的现状，指导培训举措，并能够监测长期趋势。
研究人群包括在意大利从事旅行医学工作的医疗保健专业人员。问卷将通过改编现有的英文调查问卷并进行范围审查来制定，以使问卷与当代科学论述保持一致。验证过程包括表面效度、内容效度和专家评估。通过功效分析确定的样本量为218至278名参与者。问卷将在较小样本量（占总数的10%）上进行预测试，以识别并解决任何问题。统计分析将包括集中趋势和离散度测量、分类汇总、组间比较和回归分析。本研究已获得伦理批准，并将从所有参与者处获得知情同意。
截至2024年7月，我们完成了涉及9名专家的问卷验证。问卷的验证版本包括86个项目。此外，2024年6月14日在意大利卢卡举行的旅行医学SIMVIM（意大利旅行医学与移民协会）课程期间，我们对53人进行了预测试。
这项横断面研究将指导在被认为最关键或最缺乏的领域进行战略规划以及针对性的培训和提高认识活动。该研究的结构化方法和定期评估将有助于识别教育差距、传播最佳实践，并全面改善意大利为旅行者提供的医疗保健服务。
国际注册报告标识符（IRRID）：DERR1-10.2196/59511。
