Inter-rater reliability of risk-assessment scales.
A local attempt to produce a pressure sore risk-assessment scale with greater inter-rater reliability than the Waterlow, Braden or Douglas scales failed despite the new scale's popularity with staff.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015588:Observer Variation; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors