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Objective: In this study, it is aimed to develop scale in line with Structural Equation Modeling that can evaluate the disaster preparedness perceptions of the personnel working in prehospital emergency health services in a valid and reliable way.
Materials and Methods: An item pool of 71 items was created by the researcher in line with the literature. In line with expert opinion, a draft scale form consisting of 55 items was obtained. This form was applied to 312 personnel working in the pre-hospital emergency health services of Erzincan and Tunceli Provincial Health Directorates between April 2021 and May 2021.
Results: Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analyzes were conducted to determine the construct validity of the draft scale. As a result of explanatory factor analysis, a five-factor structure was obtained. Factors were named as “Willing”, “Importance”, “Self-Efficacy”, “Intervention Skill” and “Benefit”. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, the ‘Disaster Preparedness Perception Scale of Personnel Working in Pre-Hospital Emergency Health Services' consisting of 28 items was obtained. The Cronbach's Alpha value of the scale is 0.925.
Conclusions: The lowest 28 points and the highest 140 points are taken from the scale. As the scores increases, the participant's perception of disaster preparedness increases.