SynthesisBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
Obstetric triage systems: a systematic review of measurement properties (Clinimetric).
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Validation of the Gothenburg obstetric triage system.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Validating obstetric triage systems, what are we really measuring - A modified Delphi process introducing outcome measures for obstetric emergency triage systems.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Implementation, effectiveness, and barriers of obstetric triage in reducing waiting time: a scoping review.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Quality improvement initiative: improving obstetric triaging practices in a rural maternal hospital in central India.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- Acceptability of a Whatsapp Triage, Referral, and Transfer System for Obstetric Patients in Rural Liberia.Annals of global health · 2023Article
- Improving assessment of acute obstetric patients - introducing a Swedish obstetric triage system.BMC health services research · 2021Review
- Validation of Dutch Obstetric Telephone Triage System: A Prospective Validation Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Reliability of Dutch Obstetric Telephone Triage.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Triage Strategies for COVID-19 Cases: A Scope Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingReview
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Abstract
backgroundSince labor and delivery units often serve as emergency units for pregnant women, the use of obstetric triage systems with poor or inadequate quality can lead to unintended consequences such as over and under-triage and so a waste of humans and financial resources. Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to evaluate the measurement properties of obstetric triage tools.
methodsPubMed, EMBASE, and Medline were searched to identify studies in October 2018 and were updated in May 2019. The risk of bias COSMIN checklist was used to evaluate the quality of the studies. The quality of every measurement property was appraised by the update criteria of COSMIN. Evidence quality was judged using the modified GRADE approach.
resultsA total of 444 studies were retrieved in initial search. Six studies evaluating 4 tools were included in this study. All the included studies reported only content validity and reliability. The quality of evidence varied from very low to moderate. The quality of content validity and reliability of the included tools was sufficient except for the reliability of the maternal-fetal triage index. The obstetric triage acuity scale (OTAS) was found to have higher reliability than other tools.
conclusionsDue to insufficient evidence, the conclusions about the quality of measurement properties of each obstetric triage tool may be uncertain. This review emphasizes the necessity for further studies with robust methodological quality on the measurement properties of obstetric triage tools.
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