Earthquake Preparedness in Iranian Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective: to assess the preparedness of iranian hospitals against earthquake.methods: in this systematic review, a query was carried out on pubmed, scopus, web of sciences, sid,irandoc, google scholar, and magiran databases for articles published between 2000-2019. statistical analysiswas performed using chi-square and i2 tests at a confidence interval of 95%. finally, out of 7458 studies, 10related articles were analyzed.results: as evidenced by the obtained results, the highest readiness was obtained at 0.709 (95% ci: 0.49-0.88)in “disaster plan”, while the lowest readiness was reported at 0.455 (95% ci: 0.23-0.68) in “structural safety”.the overall earthquake preparedness of these hospitals was calculated at 0.47 (95% ci: 0.37-0.56).conclusion: the results of the present study pointed to the moderate level of earthquake preparedness iniranian hospitals. this finding highlights the necessity of a training plan and implementation of a nationalprogram in all hospitals of the country to increase earthquake preparedness.