Study of the inter-rater reliability of two triage tools by Japan Triage and Acuity Scale(JTAS) and Emergency Severity Index (ESI) : A randomized trial.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Subjects will be recruited the triage nurses using the JTAS in emergency department. This study will divide subjects into two groups.
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000027615
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kansai University of Social Welfare.
- Brief Summary
A quadratically weighted kappa was used tomeasure inter-observer reliability; the ESI was superior to the JTAS in concordance rate(0.82 and 0.74, respectively). For all rating categories, except level 5, the Fleiss' Kappa was higher in the ESI group. The ESI was more sensitive for category level 2, as an indication of high-risk situations, than the JTAS.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
The exception criteria were as follows; except certified nurse specialist of critical care nursing and Japanese nurse practitioner.Subjects do not have chance of acuity decision on a daily basis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint will establish the inter-rater reliability of the results on practice cases in each group. In addition, the secondary endpoint will establish the inter-rater reliability of the results on practice cases in each urgency criteria.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method At first, the Visual Analog Scale which can be indicator of subjective evaluation will be employed to measure usability of each triage tool. Secondary, the total time taken to solve practice cases is related between the ESI and the JTAS.