Inter- and intra-observer (dis)agreement among nurses and doctors to classify colour and exudation of open surgical wounds according to the Red-Yellow-Black scheme

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1270-1277

  Vermeulen, Hester ^a,b   Ubbink, Dirk T ^b   Schreuder, Sanne M ^b   Lubbers, Maarten J ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Colour; Nursing; Observer variation; Reproducibility of results; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250650197     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01789.x     Document Type: Article

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