TITLE:
Assessment of Emergency Preparedness and Response of Healthcare Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Uyo, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Deborah Ihebu Omelogu, Ify Lawrence Nwaogazie, John Nwenarizi Ugbebor
KEYWORDS:
Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Training, Planning, Logistics, Triage and Surge Capacity, Emergency Response, Promptness, Responsiveness, Teaching Hospital, Uyo
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology,
Vol.16 No.3,
September
24,
2026
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to assess the emergency preparedness and response of healthcare workers at the Teaching Hospital in Uyo, Southern Nigeria. Emergency preparedness was depicted by emergency training, planning, logistics, triage system, and surge capacity. These are the independent variables. Emergency response was assessed through promptness and responsiveness. These represent dependent variables. The study employed a cross-sectional and inferential research design. Purposive sampling was used to select the teaching hospital in the State, the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa-Ibom. Data collection involved questionnaires and a checklist. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation, Multiple linear regression, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Descriptive results showed a moderate level of emergency preparedness across the sampled hospital, using five controlled variables, with weighted mean scores of 3.86, 3.96, 3.13, 3.13, and 3.43, respectively. Conversely, emergency response was moderate among healthcare workers in terms of promptness and responsiveness, with weighted mean scores of 3.74 and 3.76, respectively. Multiple linear Regression modeling yielded Goodness of fit R2 Values, for promptness was 0.977 and 0.975 for responsiveness. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) between planning and promptness, as well as triage and promptness, yielded positive significance (p