The Egress Enabler : Development and psychometric evaluation of an instrument to measure egressibility
(2023) In Disability and Health Journal 16(1).- Abstract
Background: Egressibility has been defined as a person–environment fit issue and describes accessibility to means of evacuation. Although egressibility concerns everyone, it has become a useful concept particularly in relation to safety and accessibility for people with functional limitations, commonly highlighted as a vulnerable group in egress scenarios. Egressibility is an important safety factor, but there has been limited efforts trying to quantify it. Objective: The aim has been to develop an instrument to measure egressibility in public buildings, as well as conducting initial psychometric testing of the instrument. Methods: The Egress Enabler is based on the previously developed Housing Enabler instrument. The Egress Enabler was... (More)
Background: Egressibility has been defined as a person–environment fit issue and describes accessibility to means of evacuation. Although egressibility concerns everyone, it has become a useful concept particularly in relation to safety and accessibility for people with functional limitations, commonly highlighted as a vulnerable group in egress scenarios. Egressibility is an important safety factor, but there has been limited efforts trying to quantify it. Objective: The aim has been to develop an instrument to measure egressibility in public buildings, as well as conducting initial psychometric testing of the instrument. Methods: The Egress Enabler is based on the previously developed Housing Enabler instrument. The Egress Enabler was developed in several steps by an interdisciplinary team, incorporating an expert panel and a case study. Results: Evaluation of content validity was in line with previous similar efforts, inter-rater reliability was considered “good” to “excellent” by means of intraclass correlation, and qualitative assessment of construct validity showed theoretically sound results. Conclusions: It is suggested that an instrument like the Egress Enabler is needed for a systematic evaluation of egressibility during design. construction or operation. This is needed for ensuring equal access to egress for people with functional limitations.
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- author
- Smedberg, Erik LU ; Slaug, Björn LU ; Carlsson, Gunilla LU ; Gefenaite, Giedre LU ; Schmidt, Steven M. LU and Ronchi, Enrico LU
- organization
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- Division of Fire Safety Engineering
- Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group (research group)
- Lund OsteoArthritis Division - Joint injury research group (research group)
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
- Applied Gerontology (research group)
- MultiPark: Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease
- Transport and Roads
- publishing date
- 2023-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Accessibility, Disabilities, Evacuation, Fire safety, Functional limitations
- in
- Disability and Health Journal
- volume
- 16
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 101396
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:36372652
- scopus:85141978492
- ISSN
- 1936-6574
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101396
- project
- Building egressibility in an aging society
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b8bbb0ce-5778-493a-a7a3-d5b2c2a4876b
- date added to LUP
- 2023-01-20 14:21:25
- date last changed
- 2024-09-20 08:39:19
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