DEVELOPMENT AND RELIABILITY OF THE ROYAL-COLLEGE-OF-PHYSICIANS STROKEAUDIT FORM

Authors
GOMPERTZ P DENNIS M HOPKINS A EBRAHIM S BAMFORD J BARER D BERMAN P BURN J DICKINSON E FARROW S HAMILTON S HOUSE A KISHORE P HEWER RL LINCOLN N MAIN A MCWALTER R VENABLES G WADE D WARLOW C
Citation
P. Gompertz et al., DEVELOPMENT AND RELIABILITY OF THE ROYAL-COLLEGE-OF-PHYSICIANS STROKEAUDIT FORM, Age and ageing, 23(5), 1994, pp. 378-383
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Age and ageing → ACNP
ISSN journal
00020729
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
378 - 383
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-0729(1994)23:5<378:DAROTR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
This article reports the development of an audit form for assessing th e quality of stroke care from medical records. A consensus conference to define standards was followed by testing of pilot versions of the a udit form. Then formal assessment of inter-rater reliability- was carr ied out in four centres using 76 medical records, each assessed by two of eight auditors. Inter-rater reliability was acceptable, especially when medically qualified auditors were used.