Behrouz Samei; Javad Babaie; Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi; Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani; Saber Azami-Aghdash; Naser Derakhshani; Ramin Rezapour
Volume 11, Issue 3 , July 2023, , Pages 109-118
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to comprehensively determine the factors that affect the hospitals’ functionalpreparedness in response to disasters.Methods: A systematic review of studies published in English and Persian up to the end of 2022 was performedby searching PubMed Central, Web of Science, ...
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Objective: This study aimed to comprehensively determine the factors that affect the hospitals’ functionalpreparedness in response to disasters.Methods: A systematic review of studies published in English and Persian up to the end of 2022 was performedby searching PubMed Central, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, SID, and Elmnet databases. Articles thatassessed hospitals’ functional preparedness were searched by using a combination of medical subject headingterms and keywords including disaster, emergency, preparedness, hospital preparedness, health care facilitiespreparedness, hospital functional preparedness, health care facilities functional preparedness, readiness, andeffective factors. Additionally, journals and gray literature were manually searched. Two independent reviewersscreened the eligible papers. The inclusion criteria were the full text should be published up to the end of 2022,in both Persian and English, and focus on hospital preparedness. The extracted data were manually analyzed,summarized, and reported using the content analysis method.Results: Of the 3465 articles, 105 studies were eventually included in the final analysis. Eighty-two influentialfactors were identified and classified into seven categories: government, coordination, control, and commanding(7 factors), existing guidelines and preparedness plans (12 factors), regulations (6 factors), supplying of resources(37 factors), education and training (8 factors), multi-layered information management and communicationsystems (8 factors), and contextual factors (4 factors).Conclusion: There are different dimensions of hospital preparedness for disasters, each of which is influencedby several independent factors. Addressing these factors will enhance the actual functional preparedness ofhospitals encountering disasters.
Daem Roshani; Aram Karimian
Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 1-8
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Objective: To assess the preparedness of Iranian hospitals against earthquake.Methods: In this systematic review, a query was carried out on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Sid, Irandoc, Google scholar, and Magiran databases for articles published between 2000-2019. Statistical analysis was ...
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Objective: To assess the preparedness of Iranian hospitals against earthquake.Methods: In this systematic review, a query was carried out on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Sid, Irandoc, Google scholar, and Magiran databases for articles published between 2000-2019. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square and I2 tests at a confidence interval of 95%. Finally, out of 7458 studies, 10 related articles were analyzed.Results: As evidenced by the obtained results, the highest readiness was obtained at 0.709 (95% CI: 0.49-0.88) in “disaster plan”, while the lowest readiness was reported at 0.455 (95% CI: 0.23-0.68) in “structural safety”. The overall earthquake preparedness of these hospitals was calculated at 0.47 (95% CI: 0.37-0.56).Conclusion: The results of the present study pointed to the moderate level of earthquake preparedness in Iranian hospitals. This finding highlights the necessity of a training plan and implementation of a national program in all hospitals of the country to increase earthquake preparedness.
