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Table 2 Number of participants reporting specific needs, and Cohen’s κ between HESPER and HESPER Web, per item

From: HESPER web - development and reliability evaluation of a web-based version of the humanitarian emergency settings perceived needs scale

Item

HESPER

HESPER Web

Cohen’s κ

n (%)

n (%)

Drinking water

0 (0.0)

0 (0)

Food

0 (0.0)

0 (0)

Place to live in

6 (15)

7 (17)

0.543

Toilets

0 (0)

0 (0)

Keeping clean

0 (0)

0 (0)

Clothes, shoes, bedding or blankets

0 (0)

0 (0)

Income or livelihood

24 (59)

26 (63)

0.796

Physical health

6 (15)

6 (15)

1.000

Health care

13 (32)

12 (29)

0.942

Distress

9 (22)

12 (29)

0.809

Safety

1 (2)

0 (0)

Education for your children

0 (0)

0 (0)

Care for family members

1 (3)

1 (3)

1.000

Support from others

9 (22)

10 (24)

0.795

Separation from family members

17 (43)

20 (50)

0.850

Being displaced from home

18 (44)

21 (51)

0.854

Information

7 (18)

5 (13)

0.805

The way aid is provided

8 (21)

8 (21)

1.000

Respect

9 (22)

8 (20)

0.926

Moving between places

14 (36)

12 (31)

0.885

Too much free time

10 (25)

12 (30)

0.875

Law and justice in your community

1 (3)

2 (6)

0.654

Safety or protection from violence for women in your community

0 (0)

0 (0)

Alcohol or drug use in your community

0 (0)

0 (0)

Mental illness in your community

0 (0)

0 (0)

Care for people in your community who are on their own

2 (7)

1 (3)

0.652

Other serious problems

5 (15)

4 (12)

0.872

  1. The answers “no serious problem” and “not applicable/ don’t know” were grouped together as 0
  2. For items with no reported needs, it was not possible to calculate Cohens κ