Training on the Silverman and Andersen score improved how special care unit nurses assessed neonatal respiratory distress in a low-resource setting.
Silverman and Andersen score
low-resource setting
neonate
respiratory distress
video recording
Journal
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
ISSN: 1651-2227
Titre abrégé: Acta Paediatr
Pays: Norway
ID NLM: 9205968
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2022
10 2022
Historique:
revised:
10
06
2022
received:
10
04
2022
accepted:
13
06
2022
pubmed:
15
6
2022
medline:
14
9
2022
entrez:
14
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Identifying the severity of neonatal respiratory distress (RD) is essential, so that resources can be appropriately allocated. We assessed the ability of nurses to grade neonatal RD in a low-resource setting before and after they were trained to use a dedicated scoring tool. The study was conducted in the Special Care Unit of St Luke Wolisso Hospital, Ethiopia. Ten nurses reviewed nine local video recordings and graded neonatal RD without a standardised method, which was current practice, and then after they were trained to use the Silverman and Andersen score. The data were analysed using the McNemar test and Cohen's kappa. Training increased the identification of mild RD from 63% to 93% (p = 0.008) and moderate RD from 40% to 73% (p = 0.03). Severe RD was 93% before and 90% after training (p = 0.99). Overall, the agreement improved from kappa 0.59 to 0.84, mainly by reducing the overestimation of milder degrees of RD. Being trained on how to use the Silverman and Andersen score improved the ability of nurses to identify mild and moderate neonatal RD. This improvement has the potential to optimise the use of equipment, staff and time.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1866-1869Informations de copyright
© 2022 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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