Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Tool (DPET): Adaptation and psychometric evaluation for nurses in Germany

We thank Professor Renea Beckstrand from Brigham Young University (USA) for providing the DPET items, Manuel Beckert and Kevin Thünemann for their assistance with the translation of DPET.

The study adheres to the ethical guidelines according to the Declaration of Helsinki and the General Data Protection Regulation (2018). Ethical permission was not sought since anonymous data were collected for tool evaluation. Participation in the study was voluntary and all data were stored anonymously and securely on a server of the academic institution of the last author.

Joachim Beckert conceptualized the study, developed the methodology, collected the data, processed, analyzed, visualized and interpreted the data; wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and critically reviewed and edited the final draft of the manuscript.

Hajo Zeeb supervised the project, provided feedback on data interpretation and critically reviewed and edited the final draft of the manuscript.

Karina De Santis supervised the project, provided feedback on the methodology, visualized and interpreted the data and critically reviewed and edited the final draft of the manuscript. All authors approved and agreed to the submission of this manuscript.