Development and psychometric validation of the frontline health workers' occupational risk and characteristics in emergencies index (FORCE-index) - The covid Hospital cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A lack of tools for the systematic identification of frontline health workers' changing occupational risks, characteristics, and needs, poses a major barrier to supporting vital personnel to stay in practice through health emergencies and beyond. The current study reports on the development and psychometric evaluation of the Frontline health workers' Occupational Risk and Characteristics in Emergencies index (FORCE-index).

Study design

The Covid hospital study is a large, multisite, four-wave, open cohort study of frontline health workers responding to the first four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022).

Methods

2496 frontline health workers responded to questionnaires assessing various aspects of their work environment. Using exploratory factor analy

SUBMITTER: Stensland SO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787489 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature