A Simple Score to Guide Emergency Physicians in Identifying Overcrowding in An Academic Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Emergency physicians who are dealing with an overcrowded situation in the emergency department; Emergency physician; Emergency department; Overcrowding

• Registration Number: TCTR20210718002
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine Chiangmai University Research Fund

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2020-01-30
• Study Start: 2021-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 459

Inclusion Criteria

The medical staffs include emergency medicine residents, interns, and attending emergency physicians, work 8 hours per shift, 3 shifts per day.

Exclusion Criteria

Refuse to response

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
correlation between EDWIN, EDOR, and the perception of overcrowding by the emergency physician 12 months The overcrowding scores (EDWIN, occupancy rate, Work Score, and modified EDWIN, Likert score

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
adverse events from the code activations 12 months to identify which score has the highest sensitivity and specificity and which score relates to the adverse events from the code activations.