Adaptation and evaluation of the Chinese hospital nursing department disaster preparedness scale: a cross-sectional scale development study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to adapt the Chinese version of Hospital Nursing Department Disaster Preparedness Scale (HNDDPS) and evaluate the psychometric properties among hospital nurses in China. Two specific objectives were (1) to adapt the HNDDPS from Sadiq's Organisational Disaster Preparedness Scale (SODPS) to fit the context of Chinese hospital nursing system and (2) to establish its validity and reliability.

Design

Instrument design study.

Settings and participants

2657 nurses belonging to 50 nursing organisations of tertiary hospitals spread across seven administrative regions of China.

Methods

We adapted the Chinese version of HNDDPS through translation of the SODPS, back translation and cultural adaptation. Subsequently, we evaluated the validity o

SUBMITTER: Shi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8021750 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature