Sudanese emergency departments: a study to identify the barriers to a well-functioning triage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Triage system is a sorting system that categorizes patients on the basis of the severity of their condition and the availability of the resources in the emergency department. There has been little attention in the public literature to triage systems in Sudan. The aim of this study was to explore the triage system and identify the barriers in its application in hospitals in Sudan.

Methods

A cross-sectional hospital based study was conducted at eight hospitals in Khartoum during December 2020. A multi-stage cluster sampling was applied. Data were obtained by interviewing emergency department staff using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using statistical package for social sciences to find the association between various variables by chi-square test

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822826 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature