Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Triage tool inter-rater reliability: a comparison of live versus paper case scenarios.
Published studies of triage scale inter-rater reliability assessment have been conducted mostly using paper case scenarios. ⋯ There is moderate to high agreement between live cases and paper case scenarios, and the inter-rater reliabilities, although significantly different, are acceptable in both cases. It is impossible to determine which triage setting provides a more accurate triage score but paper case scenarios generally receive lower triage scores than live cases.