Table 2.
presenting complaints during triage based on their final triage status for patients who visited the adult Emergency Department at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.
| Presenting main complaints | Final triage assessment |
Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incorrectly triaged (%) | Correctly triaged (%) | ||
| Fever | 33 (89.2) | 4 (10.8) | 37 (13.3) |
| Headache | 34 (97.1) | 1 (2.9) | 35 (12.6) |
| Respiratory complaints | 30 (88.2) | 4 (11.8) | 34 (12.2) |
| Headache & fever | 28 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) | 30 (10.8) |
| Abdominal pain | 26 (96.3) | 1 (3.7) | 27 (9.7) |
| Diarrhea & Vomiting | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) | 18 (6.5) |
| Chest pain | 16 (100) | 0 | 16 (5.8) |
| Hemiparesis | 7 (100) | 0 | 7 (2.5) |
| Generalized body swelling | 6 (100) | 0 | 6 (2.2) |
| Headache & vomiting | 4 (80) | 1(20) | 5 (1.8) |
| Abdominal pain, diarrhea & vomiting | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 5 (1.8) |
| Gunshot | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 5 (1.8) |
| Sudden collapse | 4 (100) | 0 | 4 (1.4) |
| Poisonings | 4 (100) | 0 | 4 (1.4) |
| Abnormal body movement | 3 (100) | 0 | 3 (1.1) |
| Fall accident | 3 (100) | 0 | 3 (1.1) |
| Stab injury | 2 (100 | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Burn | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Road traffic accident | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Vaginal bleeding | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Headache & neck stiffness | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Fighting | 1 (100) | 0 | 1 (0.4) |
| Others | 18 (94.7) | 1 (5.3) | 19 (6.8) |
| Not recorded | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | 9 (3.2) |