ArticleBulletin of emergency and trauma2015
Inter-rater Reliability of Triages Performed by the Electronic Triage System.
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- Reliability of Risk Assessment for Intra-Hospital Venous Thromboembolism: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Accuracy of the Emergency Department Triage System using the Emergency Severity Index for Predicting Patient Outcome; A Single Center Experience.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2020Article
- Analysis of Factors Influencing the Grading of Condition Severity and Zoning Management in an Emergency Triage System.Iranian journal of public health · 2017Article
- Validity of the Electronic Triage System in Predicting Patient Outcomes in Tabriz, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2016Article
- Psychiatric Emergency Triage in Iran; the Need for a Specific Tool.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2016Article
- The Role of Electronic Triage System in Management of Hospital Emergency Department.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the inter-rater reliability of triages performed by the Electronic Triage System (ETS) which has recently developed and used in hospital emergency department (ED).
methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted prospectively and studied 408 visitors of Tabriz Imam Reza hospital's ED. The variables of interest were age, sex, nurse-assigned triage category, physician-assigned triage category, disease type (trauma, non-trauma), and the referred room within the ED. Cohen's un-weighted kappa, linear weighted kappa, and quadratic weighted kappa were used to describe the reliability.
resultsUn-weighted kappa observed to be 0.186 (95% CI: 0.123-0.249). Linear weighted kappa observed as 0.317 (95% CI: 0.251-0.384) and quadratic weighted kappa as 0.462 (95% CI: 0.336-0.589). In general, low agreement was seen between the triage nurses and ED physicians. For trauma patients and for those who were referred to the cardiopulmonary resuscitation room (CPR), all three types of kappa were higher than other visitors of the ED.
conclusionInter-rater reliability of the triages performed by the ETS observed as ranging from poor to moderate. Implementing interventions that would create a common language between nurses and physicians about the triage of the ED visitors seems necessary. The more agreement on the triage of trauma and CPR patients might be due to their condition and the more attention to them.
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