The new role of triage nurse ordering in emergency department depend on Emergency Severity Index : A randomized control trial
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Expert triage nurse in the emergency department
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000033519
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kansai University of Social Welfare
- Brief Summary
Inter-rater agreement between expert triage nurses was kappa = 0.82 (almost perfect) in the ESI group and kappa = 0.74 (substantial) in the JTAS group. In addition, the UT and OT ratios were 20.3% and 14.8%, respectively, in the ESI group, and 30.3% and 16.7%, respectively, in the JTAS group. The results revealed that the ESI scale was associated with higher agreement than the JTAS.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 23
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
The exception criteria were as follows; do not have except certified nurse specialist of critical care nursing and Japanese nurse practitioner.Subjects do not have knowledge of basic 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. The secondary endpoint will establish the inter-rater reliability of the results on practice cases in each urgency criteria. In addition, tertiary endpoint will be to verify the prediction accuracy of the resources.
- 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.