Table 2.
Study ID (first author, year) |
Triage intervention | Study design | Intervention (%) | Comparator (%) | Percentage difference | Reported statistical significance |
Celona, 201830 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.4 | NR |
Love, 201225 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 0.93 | 3.39 | −2.46 | Significant |
MacKenzie 201534 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 0.7333 | 2.96 | −2.2267 | Significant |
Gardner, 201733 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 2.2 | 4.6 | −2.4 | Significant |
Hayden, 201417 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 5.8 | 5.4 | 0.4 | NS |
Tsai, 201218 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 3 | 9.7 | −6.7 | Significant |
Tucker, 201538 | NP team triage | Pre–post | 1.3 | 5.07 | −3.77 | NR |
Uthman, 201819 | NP team triage | Retrospective cohort | 2.2 | 3.9 | −1.7 | Significant |
Li, 201860 | Nurse triage-plus | Retrospective cohort | 0.7 | 6.9 | −6.2 | NS |
Lijuan, 201761 | Nurse triage-plus | Pre–post | 7.13 | 7.52 | −0.39 | NS |
NP, nurse practitioner; NR, not reported; NS, not significant.