Purpose: This study examined inter-rater agreement and reliability in manual vital sign measurement, including blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate, among paramedic students. Methods: This prospective observational study included 42 third- and fourth-year paramedic students who had completed an emergency patient management course. Students were paired within the same academic year, yielding 21 paired measurements. Each pair measured systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate in healthy adult volunteers. Mean differences were analyzed using paired t-tests. Inter-rater reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), and agreement was evaluated using Bland–Altman analysis. Clinically acceptable limits were defined as ± 10 mmHg for blood pressure, ± 5 beats/min for pulse rate, and ± 2 breaths/min for respiratory rate. Results: Pulse rate, respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure showed no statistically significant mean differences between paired raters. Single-measure ICCs were 0.615 for pulse rate, 0.796 for respiratory rate, 0.712 for systolic blood pressure, and 0.601 for diastolic blood pressure, indicating moderate to good reliability. Bland–Altman analysis showed that measurements outside clinically acceptable limits occurred in 52.4% of pulse rate measurements, 38.1% of respiratory rate measurements, and 9.5% of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements. Conclusion: Paired student raters showed no significant systematic mean differences in vital sign measurements. However, pulse rate and respiratory rate showed relatively limited clinical agreement, indicating the need for standardized measurement procedures and repeated practice in future vital sign measurement education.
목차
Abstract Ⅰ. 서론 Ⅱ. 연구방법 1. 연구 설계 2. 연구 대상 3. 표본 수 산출 4. 연구 도구 및 측정 방법 5. 자료 분석 Ⅲ. 연구결과 1. 대상자의 특성 2. 평가자 간 활력징후 측정값의 평균차이 3. 활력징후 측정값의 평가자 간 신뢰도 4. Bland–Altman 분석을 통한 평가자 간 일치도 Ⅳ. 고찰 Ⅴ. 결론 ORCID ID References
한국응급구조학회 [The Korean Society of Emergency Medical Technology]
설립연도
1997
분야
의약학>응급의학
소개
복합 구조적인 산업사회의 발전에 따라 안전사고와 응급상황에서의 구조구급요청자들이 증가하고 있으나 우리나라의 응급의료체계는 아직 그 수준을 따라가지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 우리나라의 응급의료체계를 확립하고 구조구급에 관한 기초학문의 발전에 기여하고자 학회를 창립한다.
간행물
간행물명
한국응급구조학회지(구 한국응급구조학회논문지) [The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services ]