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. 1983 Sep-Oct;30(5):152–155.

The Reliability and Validity of the Trieger Test as a Measure of Recovery from General Anesthesia in a Day-Care Surgery Unit1

J E Letourneau, R Denis
PMCID: PMC2515392  PMID: 6585153

Abstract

A group of 23 patients was investigated with the Trieger Test after general anesthesia. The reliability of the test was evaluated by the performance of a control group on four consecutive trials (F = 0.24). The validity of the test was demonstrated by an evaluation of the performance of patients 1½, 2½ and 3½ hours after anesthesia (F = 15.86, p < .0001).

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