Journal article
Reliability of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale: Interrater Agreement
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of interobserver reliability of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS).
METHODS: Ten physicians and 10 nurses were randomly selected to review and assign a triage level on 50 ED case summaries containing presenting complaint, mode of arrival, vital signs, and a verbatim triage note. The rate of agreement within and between groups of raters was determined using kappa statistics. …
Authors
Beveridge R; Ducharme J; Janes L; Beaulieu S; Walter S
Journal
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 155–159
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 1999
DOI
10.1016/s0196-0644(99)70223-4
ISSN
0196-0644