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NCT Number: NCT03926234

Effectiveness of a Four-level Chinese Emergency Triage Scale in Mainland China

Inter-rater reliability between experts and triage nurses was assessed in 484 emergency patients. The criterion-related validity was evaluated in other 30687 emergency patients, based on emergency department (ED) mortality, the length of stay in ED, the number of discharge, and hospitalization (intensive care/general ward).

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Key information

Conditions

Emergencies Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Triage

Age range

14 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

SAHZhejiangU

Hangzhou, 310009, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients, older than 14 years and admitted to the ED, were eligible for this study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Gynecologic and obstetric emergencies
  • Patients, who left against medical advice or hadn't been aided by a doctor

Treatment and study plan

Four-level Chinese Emergency triage scale

Other

a four-level category system, i.e. life-threatening (Level I), emergent (Level II), urgent (Level III) and semi-urgent (Level IV) . This system contains critical indicators (cardiac arrest, shock, and apnea), high risk indicators (ACS and DKA), single objective indicators (SBP, RR, HR, and SpO2) and MEWS (synthesis indicator). According to patients' health care problems, patients are rated by nurses into one of the four mentioned levels.

Primary outcomes

  1. Inter-rater reliability

    Time frame: 2019-10-1

    inter-rater reliability as the agreement between triage nurses and experts

  2. emergency department (ED) mortality

    Time frame: 2019-12-31

  3. the number of discharge

    Time frame: 2019-12-31

Secondary outcomes

  1. the number of hospitalization

    Time frame: 2019-12-31

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Other

Collaborators

  • Beijing Chao Yang Hospital
  • Changxing People's Hospital
  • First People's Hospital of Hangzhou
  • Henan Provincial People's Hospital
  • Second People's Hospital of Hangzhou
  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
  • Tongji Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

The Reliability and Validity of a Four-level Chinese Emergency Triage Scale in Mainland China

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 24, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 18, 2021

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