RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Inter-rater reliability in the Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS)
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP archdischild-2017-314165
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314165
A1 Lisa Langton
A1 Adam Bonfield
A1 Damian Roland
YR 2018
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2018/01/11/archdischild-2017-314165.abstract
AB Objective The primary objective of this study was to determine the level of inter-rater reliability between nursing staff for the Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS).Design Retrospective observational study.Setting Single-centre paediatric emergency department.Participants 12 participants from a convenience sample of 21 nursing staff.Interventions Participants were shown video footage of three pre-recorded paediatric assessments and asked to record their own POPS for each child. The participants were blinded to the original, in-person POPS. Further data were gathered in the form of a questionnaire to determine the level of training and experience the candidate had using the POPS score prior to undertaking this study.Main outcome measures Inter-rater reliability among participants scoring of the POPS.Results Overall kappa value for case 1 was 0.74 (95% CI 0.605 to 0.865), case 2 was 1 (perfect agreement) and case 3 was 0.66 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.744).Conclusion This study suggests there is good inter-rater reliability between different nurses’ use of POPS in assessing sick children in the emergency department.