Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures - Mercer County, New Jersey

NCT05455580 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 2022-0097
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM) is an innovative nurse-driven household emergency preparedness (HEP) intervention modeled after an existing community intervention provided by emergency management personnel. This phase I feasibility pilot study will describe the implementation and effectiveness of N-TORM in the community setting, but provided by nurses. The aims of this implementation study are to: (a) increase the reach of N-TORM to vulnerable populations; (b) evaluate the effectiveness of N-TORM for increasing HEP knowledge and behavior; (c) implement N-TORM in a community located in an area at increased risk for disasters, measuring consistency of delivery, time, and cost of N-TORM; (d) describe the factors necessary to maintain and expand N-TORM, and; (e) pilot test a new HEP instrument in order to perform psychometric testing on the instrument and generate reliability and validity data.

Conditions

Disaster; Vulnerable Populations

Keywords

disabled persons; civil defense; hazard; emergency; preparedness; planning; readiness; kit; disaster planning; emergency preparedness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Household Emergency Preparedness Instrument (HEPI) Score

  The Household Emergency Preparedness Instrument (HEPI) is an all-hazards, comprehensive, 51-question instrument used to ascertain if a respondent is prepared for disasters. Higher scores on the HEPI indicate higher levels of preparedness. Excluding the Access and Functional Needs (AFN) and Special Actions (SA) subscales that are not applicable to all respondents, the minimum score a participant could receive on the General Preparedness (GP) scale is 0 and the maximum score is 40 (1 point for each yes-response and 0 points for each no-response). There is support for face, content, and criterion validity of this instrument. The HEPI questions are objective and ask about what the respondent presently owns or does in a dichotomous format.

  Baseline (Pre-test) and approximately 30 minutes (Post-test)

Study Arms (1)

N-TORM Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

This is a non-randomized, non-blinded, quasi-experimental, pre- and post-test phase I feasibility design pilot study.

Behavioral: Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM)

Interventions

Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM) BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will begin with instructing the participant to complete the Family Disaster Plan booklet. The principal investigator will talk about the different sections of the booklet and instruct the participants how to fill out their emergency plans. Participants will write their medical history, medications, physician, next of kin, pharmacy contact information, evacuation plan information, family communication plan, and insurance policy numbers and contact information. The booklet includes household emergency preparedness recommendations, evacuation zone information, a disaster supply kit contents list, local utility company contact information, shelter locations, and special needs and priority utility restoration registry information. The participants will be provided with a disaster supply kit after successful completion of the booklet. The disaster supply kit is part of the intervention and is not considered compensation.

N-TORM Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• English-speaking
• have access and functional needs during disasters or are caregivers of individuals with access and functional needs
• live independently within Mercer County, New Jersey (i.e., not in a rehabilitation facility, long-term care facility, halfway house, or prison)
• consent to participate

You may not qualify if:

• cognitive impairments
• less than 18 years of age
• Non-English speaking
• Non-English reading families

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hunter College of City University of New York: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hunter College, City University of New York

New York, New York, 10010, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Golden, S. (2013). STORM Seniors Taking on Readiness Measures: Family disaster plan. Freehold, NJ Monmouth County Sheriff's Office.

  BACKGROUND

• Heagele TN, McNeill CC, Adams LM, Alfred DM. Household Emergency Preparedness Instrument Development: A Delphi Study. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Apr;16(2):570-582. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.292. Epub 2020 Nov 20.

  PMID: 33213596 BACKGROUND

• Heagele TN, Nurse-Clarke NJ. A Nurse-Led Home Disaster Preparedness Intervention for New Parents. Neonatal Netw. 2022 Jan 1;41(1):5-10. doi: 10.1891/11-T-714.

  PMID: 35105790 BACKGROUND

• Heagele TN, Adams LM, McNeill CC, Alfred DM. Validation and Revision of the Household Emergency Preparedness Instrument (HEPI) by a Pilot Study in the City University of New York. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Mar 25;17:e126. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2022.35.

  PMID: 35332858 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• New York State Citizen Preparedness Corps.
• FEMA Emergency Management Institute. (2014). IS-368: Including people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs in disaster operations.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emergencies; Piebaldism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Albinism; Eye Diseases, Hereditary; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Skin Diseases, Genetic; Hypopigmentation; Pigmentation Disorders; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Tara Heagele, PhD, RN
• Organization: Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, The City University of New York

th1591@hunter.cuny.edu

212-396-7206

Study Officials

• Tara N Heagele, PhD

  City University of New York, School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: This is a non-randomized, non-blinded, quasi-experimental, pre- and post-test phase I feasibility design pilot study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 9, 2022
• First Posted: July 13, 2022
• Study Start: March 7, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 19, 2022
• Study Completion: May 19, 2022
• Last Updated: December 5, 2024
• Results First Posted: December 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)