Simplified bronchiolitis severity score for health care providers

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dc.contributor.authorRudhan, Rachel P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBiswal, Niranjanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:43:54Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:43:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractBackground: Bronchiolitis is a viral lower respiratory infection of young infants. It requires monitoring by outpatient health care providers and rarely needs hospitalization. Scoring of severity in community helps in early referral. A simplified bronchiolitis scoring for rural health care providers with no facility for measurement of oxygen saturation (SpO2) and chest X-ray (CXR) is a long-felt need. This study proposes a simplified score.Methods: The proposed bronchiolitis severity score (PSS) has to be validated against the standard bronchiolitis severity score (SSS). The PSS was administered by a physician, nurse and researcher. The reliability was measured by the comportment of internal consistency and inter-observer agreement.Results: The physicians rating of severity by SSS and PSS was similar in 97% of cases. The internal consistency of 0.72 and the kappa index of 0.86 were obtained. The inter-rater agreements between physician, nurse, researcher was 0.94, 0.94 and 0.93 respectively.Conclusions: The PSS is reliable, valid and can be administered by nurses in peripheral health care settings.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationRudhan Rachel P., Biswal Niranjan. Simplified bronchiolitis severity score for health care providers. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2019 May; 6(3): 1259-1262en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/204081
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20192024en_US
dc.subjectBronchiolitisen_US
dc.subjectHealth care providersen_US
dc.subjectRespiratory infectionen_US
dc.subjectSeverity scoreen_US
dc.titleSimplified bronchiolitis severity score for health care providersen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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