PMID- 34719449
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211207
LR  - 20211214
IS  - 1875-9270 (Electronic)
IS  - 1051-9815 (Linking)
VI  - 70
IP  - 3
DP  - 2021
TI  - Developing a safety audit checklist for in-operation administrative buildings.
PG  - 785-794
LID - 10.3233/WOR-205011 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The structure of buildings is in degradation over time, monitoring 
      their safety status and providing timely warnings is crucial. Therefore, an 
      efficient visual inspection of the building's safety has intrinsic value to give 
      early warnings to owners and managers. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to provide an 
      audit tool for evaluation of the administrative in-operation buildings' safety 
      status. METHODS: Factors affecting the administrative buildings' safety status 
      was determined based on the National Building Regulations of Iran (NBRI) and 
      other studies. Checklist items and their guidelines were prepared. Face validity 
      (quantitative and qualitative), Content Validity Ratio (CVR), and Content 
      Validity Index (CVI) were calculated for the checklist. The Intra-class 
      Correlation Coefficient (ICC) used for inter-rater reliability and Cronbach's alpha 
      was used to evaluate internal consistency of the checklist. RESULTS: Forty-seven 
      items related to in-operation building safety were extracted from literature 
      review. Based on the results of the psychometric analysis, 5 items were removed 
      and 42 items remained. The values of different psychometric indices for the other 
      items indicated their acceptable validity (alpha= 0.82, ICC>/=0.75). CONCLUSION: The 
      designed checklist had a good level of validity and reliability for inspecting 
      architectural, technical services, and managerial safety aspects of 
      administrative in-operation buildings. Stakeholders can use it for quick and 
      comprehensive assessment of building safety. Use of this checklist are expected 
      to give early warnings about the safety of buildings to the stakeholders.
FAU - Kaleh, Hiro
AU  - Kaleh H
AD  - Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Public Health 
      and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Mohammadian, Farough
AU  - Mohammadian F
AD  - Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Environmental Health 
      Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University 
      of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
FAU - Pouyakian, Mostafa
AU  - Pouyakian M
AD  - Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Public Health 
      and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Work
JT  - Work (Reading, Mass.)
JID - 9204382
SB  - IM
MH  - *Checklist
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Physical Examination
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Building safety
OT  - administrative building
OT  - in-operation building
OT  - inspection checklist
OT  - psychometric
EDAT- 2021/11/02 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2021/11/01 05:58
PHST- 2021/11/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/11/01 05:58 [entrez]
AID - WOR205011 [pii]
AID - 10.3233/WOR-205011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Work. 2021;70(3):785-794. doi: 10.3233/WOR-205011.