The effects of the triage education on the triage nurses' performance and the patients’ length of stay

The effects of the Emergency Severity Index triage education via problem-based learning on the triage nurses' performance and the patients’ length of stay in the Emergency Department of Besat Hospital in Hamadan

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2013061513675N1

Enrollment

Registered

2013-07-15

Start date

2013-07-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services. Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and health care

Interventions

Intervention in this study is the Emergency Severity Index triage training for the triage nurses via the workshop included of three sessions of the problem-based learning method and the face-to-face t

Behavior

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for nurses: Triage nurses working in the Emergency Department, Inclusion criteria for Patients: Patients presenting to the Emergency Department, Exclusion criteria for nurses: Anything that may cause nurses to leave (transfer to another department or hospital), Exclusion criteria for patients: Patients who die or left-without-being-seen (LWBS)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The triage nurses' performance. Timepoint: Before and after training. Method of measurement: The checklist of nurses' performance in triage.;The patients’ length of stay in the emergency department. Timepoint: Before and after training. Method of measurement: The timing checklist that is filling with a chronometer.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAfshin Khazaei

Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

a.khazaei@umsha.ac.ir; akhazaei90@yahoo.com; a.khazaei91@gmail.com+98 81 1442 4209

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026