Development and psychometric properties of health care workers' concerns in infectious outbreaks scale.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Healthcare 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).

Methods

This 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 an

SUBMITTER: Yarahmadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891178 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature