title: Classification of disability and distress by ward nurses: a reliability study.
abstract: In a series of trials, ward nurses independently classified the disability and distress states of medical and surgical patients. Criteria for inter-rater reliability, in terms of correlation and absence of bias, were met after each rater had taken part in a training session which gave immediate feedback about performance.
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*