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Table 5 Influential Vignettes

From: Validity and reliability of the South African Triage Scale in prehospital providers

Vignette

Brief description of Vignette

Averaged Differencea

17

Medical case – low acuity, psychiatric illness with agitation

0.049

37

Trauma case – low acuity, ground level fall with arm pain

0.048

47

Medical case – low acuity, severe pain from buttock abscess

0.048

6

Medical case – low acuity, severe pain from abdominal complaint

0.047

20

Medical case – low acuity, asthma exacerbation

0.047

  1. aAverage difference in Sklar’s Omega when the vignette was left out of the estimation