Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale
IntroductionHealthcare workers are a crucial workforce; from a moral perspective, understanding their concerns and how to support them is crucial and makes it possible for health services to keep functioning. This study aimed to develop and validate Health Care Workers’ Concerns in Infectious Outbre...
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| description | IntroductionHealthcare workers are a crucial workforce; from a moral perspective, understanding their concerns and how to support them is crucial and makes it possible for health services to keep functioning. This study aimed to develop and validate Health Care Workers’ Concerns in Infectious Outbreaks Scale (HCWCIOS).MethodsThis exploratory sequential mix-method study was employed to design and validate the HCWCIOS. The initial tool was designed after searching similar studies and performing a qualitative phase under the semi-structured approach. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to evaluate the face and content validity. The content validity ratio, content validity index, and item-level content validity index were also calculated. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to evaluate the construct validity. Using a convenient sampling method, 354 Iranian healthcare workers participated in the study. Computing Cronbach’s alpha coefficient estimated the internal consistency for HCWCIOS and its subscales. Furthermore assessed was test–retest reliability.ResultsThe preliminary scale was designed with 57 items. By eliminating nine items in the content validity phase and 12 items during factor analysis, the final 36-item scale was developed on six factors: inadequate preparedness, lack of knowledge, risk perception, affected social relations, work pressure, and absenteeism. These six factors accounted for 46.507% of the total variance. The whole scale’s Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.912, and the intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.88.ConclusionA 36-item HCWCIOS has good psychometric properties and is suitable for measuring healthcare workers’ concerns during a pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd0f1a32b77043219fa3864d689b82842023-01-18T14:57:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.11088351108835Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scaleSajad Yarahmadi0Sajad Yarahmadi1Mojgan Khademi2Farzad Ebrahimzadeh3Tayebeh Cheraghian4Elham Shahidi Delshad5Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IranNutritional Health Research Center, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IranCardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Rahimi Hospital, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IranStudent Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranIntroductionHealthcare workers are a crucial workforce; from a moral perspective, understanding their concerns and how to support them is crucial and makes it possible for health services to keep functioning. This study aimed to develop and validate Health Care Workers’ Concerns in Infectious Outbreaks Scale (HCWCIOS).MethodsThis exploratory sequential mix-method study was employed to design and validate the HCWCIOS. The initial tool was designed after searching similar studies and performing a qualitative phase under the semi-structured approach. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to evaluate the face and content validity. The content validity ratio, content validity index, and item-level content validity index were also calculated. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to evaluate the construct validity. Using a convenient sampling method, 354 Iranian healthcare workers participated in the study. Computing Cronbach’s alpha coefficient estimated the internal consistency for HCWCIOS and its subscales. Furthermore assessed was test–retest reliability.ResultsThe preliminary scale was designed with 57 items. By eliminating nine items in the content validity phase and 12 items during factor analysis, the final 36-item scale was developed on six factors: inadequate preparedness, lack of knowledge, risk perception, affected social relations, work pressure, and absenteeism. These six factors accounted for 46.507% of the total variance. The whole scale’s Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.912, and the intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.88.ConclusionA 36-item HCWCIOS has good psychometric properties and is suitable for measuring healthcare workers’ concerns during a pandemic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1108835/fullconcernexploratory factor analysisinfectious disease outbreakspsychometryreliabilityvalidity |
| spellingShingle | Sajad Yarahmadi Sajad Yarahmadi Mojgan Khademi Farzad Ebrahimzadeh Tayebeh Cheraghian Elham Shahidi Delshad Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale Frontiers in Psychology concern exploratory factor analysis infectious disease outbreaks psychometry reliability validity |
| title | Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale |
| title_full | Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale |
| title_fullStr | Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale |
| title_short | Development and psychometric properties of health care workers’ concerns in infectious outbreaks scale |
| title_sort | development and psychometric properties of health care workers concerns in infectious outbreaks scale |
| topic | concern exploratory factor analysis infectious disease outbreaks psychometry reliability validity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1108835/full |
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