Development and inter-rater reliability of a simple prehospital mobility score for use in emergency patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobility assessment enhances the ability of vital sign-based early warning scores to predict risk. Currently mobility is not routinely assessed in a standardized manner in Denmark during the ambulance transfer of unselected emergency patients. The aim of this study was to develop and test the inter-rater reliability of a simple prehospital mobility score for pre-hospital use in ambulances and to test its inter-rater reliability.

Method

Following a pilot study, we developed a 4-level prehospital mobility score based of the question"How much help did the patient need to be mobilized to the ambulance trolley". Possible scores were no-, a little-, moderate-, and a lot of help. A cross-sectional study of inter-rater agreement among ambulance personnel was then carried

SUBMITTER: Asmussen SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868046 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature