Health and safety: application of an integated medical response protocol to improve clinical workflow for healthcare service during flood disaster in Kelantan
Background: Flood catastrophe has a major impact on healthcare service in Malaysia. However, there is no validated tool to measure the knowledge, attitude and practice of flood disaster management among healthcare providers involved in the response phase of a flood disaster in Malaysia We aim to...
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/52351/1/DR.%20TUAN%20HAIRULNIZAM%20B.%20TUAN%20KAMAUZAMAN-Eprints.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/52351/ |
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| Summary: | Background: Flood catastrophe has a major impact on healthcare service in Malaysia.
However, there is no validated tool to measure the knowledge, attitude and practice of flood
disaster management among healthcare providers involved in the response phase of a flood
disaster in Malaysia We aim to develop and validate a questionnaire in Bahasa Malaysia
(FloodDMQ-BM) to measure the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of flood disaster
management among healthcare providers.
Materials and Methods: The questionnaire was developed based on four domains: standard
operating procedure, transportation, alert system and communication. Psychometric analyses
were tested on healthcare providers involved in patient management during flood disaster in
Kelantan. The hypothetical concept of the items in attitude and practice sections was assessed
using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and internal consistency reliability. The knowledge
section were analysed using 2-parameter logistic model ofltem Response Theory.
Result: 36 items were generated for FloodDMQ-BM.For both the attitude and practice items,
the EF A have good factor loading (>0.5) and satisfactory internal consistency of 0.925 and
0.935 respectively. The remaining items in the knowledge section have good marginal fit and
adequate Root Mean Square Error of Approximation of 0.08. All the remaining items have
good standardized loading (>0.3) and marginal reliability of0.623.
Conclusion: The results suggested that the FloodDMQ-BM has valid and reliable
psychometric properties. |
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