The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the level of knowledge of all original and reserve staff about hospital disaster and emergency plan (HDEP) and to investigate the associated factors.
Method: 144 staffs in HDEP of 7 hospitals in Bitlis province included in this descriptive study. Knowledge of levels about HDEP of staffs were evaluated with a face-to-face interview accompanied by a questionnaire form. p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Results: 66% of participants were male, the mean age was 34.03 and 62.5% were university graduates. 63.2% of those were volunteer for HDEP. 75% of those knew their duties and 69.4% of them knew the term of duty in HDEP correctly. 6.5% previously met a disaster; 87.5% had previously participated in a disaster-related training or exercise. The cut-off point for the level of knowledge is determined as 7 according to average and median values. According to this, 69.4% of individuals were evaluated as ’adequate’. The rate of adequacy of those who were assigned as volunteers in the HDEP, who knew their position and duty, who had previously experienced disaster and who had previously participated in the in service training or practice were found to be statistically significant.
Conclusion: In order to encourage personnel to participate in internal and external disaster training and exercises, to increase the frequency of training and exercise and to show the necessary sensitivity in order to inform the personnel, to support the training with video or practice, to be hanged in visible places of the codes and telephone numbers to be searched and evacuation procedures to be applied at the time of disaster in each floor in order to inform the staff andto be voluntarily based on volunteer selection in HDEP are important to be prepared for disaster preparedness.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
September 16, 2019
Submission Date
April 26, 2019
Acceptance Date
July 16, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 46 Number: 3
APA
Kaykisiz, E. K., Öntürk, H., & Okur, K. (2019). The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors. Dicle Medical Journal, 46(3), 515-524. https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.620546
AMA
1.Kaykisiz EK, Öntürk H, Okur K. The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors. Dicle Medical Journal. 2019;46(3):515-524. doi:10.5798/dicletip.620546
Chicago
Kaykisiz, Eylem Kuday, Hatice Öntürk, and Koray Okur. 2019. “The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors”. Dicle Medical Journal 46 (3): 515-24. https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.620546.
EndNote
Kaykisiz EK, Öntürk H, Okur K (September 1, 2019) The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors. Dicle Medical Journal 46 3 515–524.
IEEE
[1]E. K. Kaykisiz, H. Öntürk, and K. Okur, “The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors”, Dicle Medical Journal, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 515–524, Sept. 2019, doi: 10.5798/dicletip.620546.
ISNAD
Kaykisiz, Eylem Kuday - Öntürk, Hatice - Okur, Koray. “The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors”. Dicle Medical Journal 46/3 (September 1, 2019): 515-524. https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.620546.
JAMA
1.Kaykisiz EK, Öntürk H, Okur K. The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors. Dicle Medical Journal. 2019;46:515–524.
MLA
Kaykisiz, Eylem Kuday, et al. “The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors”. Dicle Medical Journal, vol. 46, no. 3, Sept. 2019, pp. 515-24, doi:10.5798/dicletip.620546.
Vancouver
1.Eylem Kuday Kaykisiz, Hatice Öntürk, Koray Okur. The Evaluation of Level of Knowledge of Staffs in the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan and Associated Factors. Dicle Medical Journal. 2019 Sep. 1;46(3):515-24. doi:10.5798/dicletip.620546