The inter-rater reliability of emergency department and paramedic frailty screening in older patients following a fall
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.
Authors
- Glenn Arendts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-7756)
- Judith Finn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7307-7944)
- Jason A. Ellis
- Nikita Indrawan
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- St John of God Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australasian Emergency Care
- Published
- 2024-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2024.10.002
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38