Table 4.
The variation in the number of warning signs that doctors and nurse use to define warning sign
| Number of criteria (definition) among the listed definition used by HCPs | Abdominal pain | Persistent vomiting | Mucosal bleeding | Plasma leakage | Liver enlargement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor (n = 185) | Nurse (n = 284) | Doctor (n = 181) | Nurse (n = 281) | Doctor (n = 185) | Nurse (n = 285) | Doctor (n = 184) | Nurse (n = 277) | Doctor (n = 184) | Nurse (n = 280) | |
| One definition | 92 (49.7) | 125 (44.1) | 92 (50.8) | 145 (51.6) | 25 (13.5) | 47 (16.5) | 42 (22.8) | 88 (31.8) | 91 (49.4) | 122 (43.6) |
| Two definitions | 46 (24.9) | 66 (23.2) | 45 (24.9) | 63 (22.4) | 6 (3.2) | 16 (5.6) | 14 (7.6) | 43 (15.5) | 63 (34.2) | 63 (22.5) |
| Three definitions | 30 (16.2) | 29 (10.2) | 17 (9.4) | 15 (5.3) | 20 (10.8) | 39 (13.7) | 34 (18.4) | 54 (19.5) | 21 (11.4) | 40 (14.3) |
| Four definitions | 7 (3.8) | 5 (1.8) | 9 (5.0) | 8 (2.8) | 24 (13.0) | 56 (19.6) | 41 (22.3) | 28 (10.1) | 2 (1.1) | 12 (4.3) |
| ≥ 5 definitions | 3 (1.6) | 12 (4.2) | 1 (0.5) | 10 (3.6) | 106 (57.3) | 123 (43.2) | 49 (26.6) | 38 (13.7) | 1 (0.5) | 5 (1.8) |
| Do not know/Not sure (6) | 7 (3.8) | 47 (16.5) | 17 (9.4) | 40 (14.2) | 4 (2.2) | 4 (1.4) | 4 (2.2) | 26 (9.4) | 6 (3.3) | 38 (13.6) |
Sign includes: 1 = Abdominal tenderness; 2 = Diffuse pain; 3 = Continuous (not intermittent) abdominal pain; 4 = Intensive abdominal pain; 5 = Increasing abdominal pain; 6 = Do not know/Not sure; 7 = Other