Effects of a scoring aid on glasgow coma score assessment and physicians' comprehension: a simulator-based randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Examining the impact of scoring aids on the accuracy of assessing the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) in a standardized trauma scenario (primary outcome). Evaluating physicians' understanding of the GCS assessment and clinical application (secondary outcome).

Materials and methods

This randomized trial was performed at the simulator center of a Swiss tertiary academic medical hospital. Participants included intensivists, emergency physicians, internists, and neurologists. The setting involved a trauma patient portraying a GCS of 8 (eyes 1, verbal 2, motor 5). Participants were randomized to receiving or not receiving a scoring aid. Video/audio recordings of the assessments and questionnaires were analyzed by two investigators.

Results

Among 109 participants, 55 recei

SUBMITTER: Kliem PSC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638317 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature