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Table 1 Study variables

From: Refining and testing the diagnostic accuracy of an assessment tool (PAT-POPS) to predict admission and discharge of children and young people who attend an emergency department: protocol for an observational study

 

Variable

Variable Type

Values

Category of variable

Site ID

number

1 2 3 ….

Participant ID

number

Start with site ID eg 100001, 100002… 200001, 200002 …

Eligible for the study

binary

Y/N [if any of the ineligibility reasons selected this defaults to N]

Ineligibility reason

nominal

Dead on arrival;

Arrived in cardio-respiratory arrest.

Date of arrival

date

 

Patient characteristics

Gender

nominal

Male/female

Ethnicity

nominal

African

Any other Asian Background

Any other Black Background

Any other Ethnic Group

Any other Mixed Background

Any other White Background

Bangladeshi

British

Caribbean

Chinese

Indian

Irish

Not Stated

Pakistani

White & Asian

White & Black African

White & Black Caribbean

PAT-POPs existing variables:

Date of birth

date

 

Heart rate

number

 

Temperature

number

 

Respiratory rate

number

 

Oxygen saturation (%)

number

 

Does this patient require supplemental oxygen to maintain appropriate oxygen saturation levels?

binary

Y/N

Breathing – wheeze

binary

Y/N

Breathing – stridor

binary

Y/N

Breathing – audible grunt

binary

Y/N

Breathing – tracheal tug

binary

Y/N

Other Respiratory Distress apart from wheeze, stridor, audible grunt or tracheal tug.

binary

Y/N

Select one of the following four (no further selections available once one has been selected)

  

1. Breathing – severe recession

binary

Y/N

2. Breathing – moderate recession

binary

Y/N

3. Breathing – mild recession

binary

Y/N

4. Breathing – no recession

binary

Y/N

Responsiveness (AVPU)

nominal

Unresponsive

Responds to Pain

Responds to Voice

Alert

Nurse’s judgement

nominal

Child looks unwell or High Level Concern

Low level concern

No concern

Behaviour

nominal

Floppy

Listless

Normal for age

Inappropriate

Agitated

Is there an existing co-morbidity (chronic condition)?

binary

Y/N

Additional PAT-POPs variables

Did the patient arrive by ambulance?

binary

Y/N

Time of arrival

time

 

Has the patient been advised to attend by a medical professional?

binary

Y/N

Has the patient visited an emergency department, urgent care centre or general practitioner with the same problem in the last 7 days?

binary

Y/N (asked at reception)

Has the patient visited an emergency department, urgent care centre or general practitioner with the same problem in the last 7 days?

 

Y/N (asked at triage or nurse assessment)

Other data collection

Diagnosis

nominal

Symphony discharge diagnosis list

Death in the ED

binary

Y/N

Admission decision

Was an admission decision made?

binary

Y/N

If no decision, why not?

nominal

Child left ED/UCC before decision could be taken;

Not known.

Was the child admitted on this occasion?

binary

Y/N

Was the child admitted at any point during the next 7 days?

binary

Y/N