The Turkish adaptation of the emergency medical services resilience scale The emergency medical services resilience scale

Abstract

Aim: In this study, we aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Emergency Medical Services Resilience Scale. Material and Methods: This study was methodological and cross-sectional. It was conducted in emergency medical services of five education and research hospitals in Turkey between July-September 2019 with 244 emergency medical service personnel. Data were collected with Sociodemographic Form, the Emergency Medical Services Resilience Scale, and the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory. In the evaluation of the data, explanatory factor analysis, reliability analysis and correlation between scales were tested. Results: Explanatory factor analysis showed that there are 31 items with a five-factor structure, explaining 47.5% of the variance in the Turkish version of the scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.82. Discussion: The Emergency Medical Services Resilience Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool in Turkish culture. It can enable early intervention attempts to be used, especially by managers, to determine the resilience level of emergency medical service personnel in the emergency medical services.