Table 4 Agreement between nurse and researcher RASS scores (n = 100)
From: Validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) in critically ill children
Nurse RASS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Researcher RASS | “Unarousable” | “Deep sedation” | “Moderate sedation” | “Light sedation” | “Drowsy” | “Alert and calm” | “Restless” | “Agitated” | “Very agitated” |
“Unarousable” | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Deep sedation” | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Moderate sedation” | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Light sedation” | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Drowsy” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Alert and calm” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
“Restless” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
“Agitated” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
“Very agitated” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |