July 1, 2025SAGE Open MedicineOpen Access

The effect of centrality bias on triage nurses in the emergency department

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Control group achieved a 49% accuracy rate in triage rankings, while the experimental group reached 68%.
The significant difference in triage ranking accuracy at levels 2 and 5 was observed, with 29% and 67% in the experimental group.
A randomized, controlled trial determined the impact of centrality bias on triage rankings among emergency department nurses.
Findings suggest that centrality bias may lead to mistriage, highlighting the need for further studies on triage processes.

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Randomized trial revealed mistriage effects from centrality bias in triage nurses, suggesting improvements are needed.

Shlenger et al. (2025) studied this question.

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