Nikita Indrawan, Jason Ellis, Judith Finn, Glenn Arendts
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The inter-rater reliability of emergency department and paramedic frailty screening in older patients following a fall.
Background: Screening for frailty in the emergency setting may be useful in directing patients to appropriate management pathways. The main aim of this study was to assess the inter-rater reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale between paramedics and emergency department staff (doctors and allied heath) for patients after a fall. Secondarily, to assess how these scores correlate with patient outcomes.
Methods: A prospective study of older patients arriving by ambulance to a single hospital in Western Australia following a fall. The inter-rater reliability was assessed using a weighted Cohen's κ. The relationship between Clinical Frailty Scale and secondary outcomes were assessed using chi-squared and Kruskal-Wallis tests.
Results: Data from 94 patients were included, the mean age was 82 years and 64 % were female. The inter-rater reliability between paramedics and emergency department staff using the Clinical Frailty Scale was moderate (κ 0.48 (95 % CI 0.36-0.59)).
Conclusions: There is only moderate agreement between emergency department staff and paramedics when screening for frailty in patients who present after a fall. The findings indicate the need to improve reliability as a pre-requisite to the use of frailty screening in emergency settings.
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Australasian Emergency Care is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to supporting emergency nurses, physicians, paramedics and other professionals in advancing the science and practice of emergency care, wherever it is delivered. As the official journal of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA), Australasian Emergency Care is a conduit for clinical, applied, and theoretical research and knowledge that advances the science and practice of emergency care in original, innovative and challenging ways. The journal serves as a leading voice for the emergency care community, reflecting its inter-professional diversity, and the importance of collaboration and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient outcomes. It is strongly focussed on advancing the patient experience and quality of care across the emergency care continuum, spanning the pre-hospital, hospital and post-hospital settings within Australasia and beyond.