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Assessment of disaster preparedness at general hospitals in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Province, Western Region of Saudi Arabia

A study of pre intervention and post intervention test scores from 2017 to 2019

Anas Khan, Jalal Alowais, Abdullah Nofal and Tareef Alama
Saudi Medical Journal May 2021, 42 (5) 537-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.5.20200804
Anas Khan
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Surgery (Alowais), College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Ministry of Health (Alama), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jalal Alowais
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Surgery (Alowais), College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Ministry of Health (Alama), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Nofal
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Surgery (Alowais), College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Ministry of Health (Alama), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Tareef Alama
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Surgery (Alowais), College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Ministry of Health (Alama), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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    - Preintervention and postintervention test scores of the key preparedness components at four participating hospitals.

    Key componentsMaximum value for each componentHospital 1Hospital 2Hospital 3Hospital 4
    Pre intervention testPost intervention testPre intervention testPost intervention testPre intervention testPost intervention testPre intervention testPost intervention test
    Command and control1481351271347
    Communication18617514815611
    Safety and security2272012201118912
    Triage201319131813191617
    Surge capacity26122682618261823
    Continuity of essentialservices1614167169131111
    Human resources301628122714251222
    Logistics and supply management20820416915813
    Postdisaster recovery18218016215011
    Total scale score18486177661659115984127
    Mean scale score20.49.56 4.4819.67 4.727.33 4.3618.33 5.1510.11 4.5917.67 4.879.33 5.6814.11 5.42
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    - Mean preintervention and postintervention test scores for preparedness key components.

    Key componentsPreintervention testPostintervention testP-valueReference range
    Command and control6 1.8311.25 2.870.0090-14
    Communication6.25 1.2614.25 1.2500.0080-18
    Safety and security9.8 2.2117.50 3.770.0330-22
    Triage13.5 1.7318.25 0.960.0320-20
    Surge capacity14 4.9025.25 1.500.0310-26
    Continuity of essential services10.3 2.9714.00 2.450.1470-16
    Human resources13.5 1.9125.50 2.650.0020-30
    Logistics and supply management7.3 2.2116.00 2.940.0190-20
    Postdisaster recovery1 1.1515.00 2.940.0010-18
    Total scale mean score81.5 11.39157.00 19.74<0.0010-184
    • Values are presented as means standard deviations

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