Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Australian Mental Health Triage Scale in the emergency department: The case of Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2022
Yazarlar: AYŞE BÜYÜKBAYRAM ARSLAN, Esra ENGİN
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2022, cilt 58, ss 2697-2706
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.13110
Özet
PURPOSE: To examine the effectiveness of the Australian Mental Health Triage Scale(AMHTS) in Turkey. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study is a methodological and semiexperimental study. It was carried out with 30 emergency service nurses and 378 psychiatric patients at a university hospital. The validity and reliability of the AMHTS were examined. FINDINGS: The reliability of the AMHTS is good level (Cohen's κ = 0.631, p < 0.05). It is valid for making the patients' waiting time in triage more efficient(p < 0.05), and increases the nurses' ability to determine the treatment acuity. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: It is an important tool that affects the quality of emergency psychiatric care for nurses working in the emergency departments of general hospitals.