Hospital Employee Willingness to Work during Earthquakes Versus Pandemics

Abstract Background Research indicates that licensed health care workers are less willing to work during a pandemic and that the willingness of nonlicensed staff to work has had limited assessment. Objective We sought to assess and compare the willingness to work in all hospital workers during pande...

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Published in:The Journal of emergency medicine 2015-11, Vol.49 (5), p.665-674
Main Authors: Charney, Rachel L., MD, Rebmann, Terri, PhD, RN, CIC, Flood, Robert G., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
disaster
earthquake
Earthquakes
Emergency
Employment
Family Characteristics
Female
Hospitals - manpower
Humans
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Influenza, Human - prevention & control
Male
Middle Aged
Missouri
Occupational Health
pandemic
Pandemics - prevention & control
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Personnel, Hospital - psychology
preparedness
Professional Role
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Safety
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Vaccines - supply & distribution
Volition
willingness to work
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Background Research indicates that licensed health care workers are less willing to work during a pandemic and that the willingness of nonlicensed staff to work has had limited assessment. Objective We sought to assess and compare the willingness to work in all hospital workers during pandemics and earthquakes. Methods An online survey was distributed to Missouri hospital employees. Participants were presented with 2 disaster scenarios (pandemic influenza and earthquake); willingness, ability, and barriers to work were measured. T tests compared willingness to work during a pandemic vs. an earthquake. Multivariate linear regression analyses were conducted to describe factors associated with a higher willingness to work. Results One thousand eight hundred twenty-two employees participated (15% response rate). More willingness to work was reported for an earthquake than a pandemic (93.3% vs. 84.8%; t  = 17.1; p  
ISSN:0736-4679
2352-5029
DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.07.030