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Reliability of the revised Swiss Emergency Triage Scale: a computer simulation study.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) is a four-level emergency scale that previously showed moderate reliability and high rates of undertriage due to a lack of standardization. It was revised to better standardize the measurement and interpretation of vital signs during the triage process. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the inter-rater and test-retest reliability, and the rate of correct triage of the revised SETS. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty clinical scenarios were evaluated twice at a 3-month interval using an interactive computerized triage simulator by 58 triage nurses at an urban teaching emergency department admitting 60?000 patients a year. Inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities were determined using ? statistics. Triage decisions were compared with a gold standard attributed by an expert panel. Rates of correct triage, undertriage, and overtriage were computed. A logistic regression model was used to identify the predictors of correct triage. RESULTS:A total of 3387 triage situations were analyzed. Inter-rater reliability showed substantial agreement [mean ?: 0.68; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.60-0.78] and test-retest almost perfect agreement (mean ?: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.84-0.88). The rate of correct triage was 84.1%, and rates of undertriage and overtriage were 7.2 and 8.7%, respectively. Vital sign measurement was an independent predictor of correct triage (odds ratios for correct triage: 1.29 for each additional vital sign measured, 95% CI: 1.20-1.39). CONCLUSION:The revised SETS incorporating standardized vital sign measurement and interpretation during the triage process resulted in high reliability and low rates of mistriage.

SUBMITTER: Rutschmann OT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6039392 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reliability of the revised Swiss Emergency Triage Scale: a computer simulation study.

Rutschmann Olivier T OT   Hugli Olivier W OW   Marti Christophe C   Grosgurin Olivier O   Geissbuhler Antoine A   Kossovsky Michel M   Simon Josette J   Sarasin François P FP  

European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine 20180801 4


<h4>Background</h4>The Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) is a four-level emergency scale that previously showed moderate reliability and high rates of undertriage due to a lack of standardization. It was revised to better standardize the measurement and interpretation of vital signs during the triage process.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to explore the inter-rater and test-retest reliability, and the rate of correct triage of the revised SETS.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Thirty c  ...[more]

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