Table 4 Agreement (%) between nurses, doctors & relatives on whether patient had pain all or most of the time in the last week of life
From: Determinants of care outcomes for patients who die in hospital in Ireland: a retrospective study
Doctor’s rating: patient had pain all or most of the time | 11% |
Nurse’s rating: patient had pain all or most of the time | 17% |
Relative’s rating: patient had pain all or most of the time | 34% |
Agreement between doctors & nurses | 81% |
Agreement between doctors & relatives | 68% |
Agreement between nurses & relatives | 66% |
Agreement between doctors, nurses & relatives | 51% |