A Simple Score to Guide Emergency Physicians in Identifying Overcrowding in An Academic Emergency Department

The Correlation Between Emergency Department Occupancy Rate, Emergency Department Work Index, and Overcrowding Perception

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20210718002

Enrollment

437

Registered

2021-07-18

Start date

2019-12-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Emergency physicians who are dealing with an overcrowded situation in the emergency department Emergency physician Emergency department Overcrowding

Interventions

The emergency physicians working in the emergency department of Maharaj Nakorn Chiangmai Hospital who assess how overcrowded the ED was at that particular time

Health Services Research

Emergency physicians perception to ED overcrowding

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The medical staffs include emergency medicine residents, interns, and attending emergency physicians, work 8 hours per shift, 3 shifts per day.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Refuse to response

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
correlation between EDWIN, EDOR, and the perception of overcrowding by the emergency physician 12 months The overcrowding scores (EDWIN, occupancy rate, Work Score, and modified EDWIN, Likert score	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
adverse events from the code activations 12 months to identify which score has the highest sensitivity and specificity and which score relates to the adverse events from the code activations.	—

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactSukumpat Na Nan

Chiang Mai University

sukumpat.n@cmu.ac.th0633134666

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026