Training in data definitions improves quality of intensive care data

Table 3 NICE data items with percentage accuracy below 75% before training in the training group (for all NICE variables)

	% Accurate
Data item	Before training	After training
Body temperature	18	40
Alveolar–arterial oxygen difference	23	47
Mean arterial blood pressure	42	53
APACHE II diagnosis	48	54
Respiratory rate	52	68
Admission type	62	68
Urine output (8 hours)	70	87
Glasgow Coma Scale score	73	85
All data items	79	86

Sixty cases were assessed in total in the training group. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; NICE, National Intensive Care Evaluation.

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