Inter-rater reliability and validity of the Ministry of Health of Turkey's mandatory emergency triage instrument

Erimsah M. E., Yaka E., Yılmaz S., Kama A., Pekdemir M.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA, cilt.27, sa.3, ss.210-215, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/1742-6723.12385
  • Dergi Adı: EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.210-215
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: emergency, inter-observer agreement, reliability, triage, validity, SEVERITY INDEX, DEPARTMENT-TRIAGE, PREDICTIVE-VALIDITY, ACUITY SCALE, SYSTEM, TOOL
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

ObjectivesIn 2009, the Ministry of Health in Turkey mandated a three-level emergency triage scale coded with the colours red, yellow and green in descending order of acuity. This study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of this mandatory emergency triage instrument in Turkey.