Inter-Rater Reliability and User-Friendliness of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale.
| Autor: | Mueller, Gerhard, Schumacher, Petra, Wetzlmair, Jutta, Lechleitner, Monika, Schulc, Eva |
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GERIATRIC assessment
HOSPITAL care of older people CONFIDENCE intervals STATISTICAL correlation DELIRIUM HOSPITAL wards RESEARCH methodology NURSES NURSING assessment QUESTIONNAIRES RISK assessment STATISTICAL sampling SCALE analysis (Psychology) STATISTICS DATA analysis QUANTITATIVE research SOCIOECONOMIC factors CROSS-sectional method RESEARCH methodology evaluation DATA analysis software WORK experience (Employment) HOSPITAL nursing staff INTRACLASS correlation OLD age PREVENTION |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nursing Measurement; 2017, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p504-518, 15p |
| Abstrakt: | Background and Purpose: Delirium is a common and often unrecognized complication of hospitalized elderly patients. Currently, there is no evidence for inter-rater reliability studies between registered nurses in the literature. Furthermore, the user-friendliness of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOSS) has not been tested in Austria. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 141 patients and 36 nurses in an Austrian hospital. Results: Analysis of rater-agreement and inter-rater reliability on item level, total score as well as category of delirium risk demonstrated very high agreement. In contrast, no or only fair kappa coefficient were determined. The user-friendliness of the scale was partially satisfactory. Conclusions: The very high absolute agreement speaks for the reliability of DOSS although the kappa paradox became obvious. The results of the presented study relate only to the tested setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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