Key result
The Chinese patient-completed Caprini risk score showed a strong positive correlation with the physician-completed score (r = 0.978, P < 0.0001), validating its use to replace physician assessment.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to create and validate patient-completed Caprini risk score tools for Chinese patients.
Does a patient-completed Chinese Caprini risk score accurately correlate with physician-completed scores in hospitalized patients?
Cross-Sectional (n=140)
Does a patient-completed Chinese Caprini risk score accurately correlate with physician-completed scores in hospitalized patients?
A Chinese patient-completed Caprini risk score is highly correlated with physician-completed scores, offering a valid and time-saving alternative for VTE risk assessment upon hospital admission.
May support patient-driven VTE risk assessment in Chinese adults; leaves open accuracy versus physicians and impact on outcomes.
To create and validate patient-completed Caprini risk score (CRS) tools for Chinese people. We revised Chinese patient-completed CRS form according to previously published studies. We prospectively recruited 70 internal medical patients and 70 surgical patients. The average age of these patients was 54.26 ± 15.29 years, 54.29% of them were male and 80% of them had education beyond high school. The study compared: (1) patient-completed CRS and physician-completed CRS; (2) the final value of physician-completed CRS (physician-completed CRS + body mass index) and CRS in the electronic medical record (EMR) system. Patient-completed CRS was 3.71 ± 3.63, patients spent 3.60 ± 1.24 minutes, 57.14% patients were at high-highest risk; physician-completed CRS was 3.84 ± 3.63, physicians spent 2.11 ± 1.13 minutes, 59.28% patients were at high-highest risk; the final value of physician-completed CRS was 4.12 ± 3.62, 63.58% patients were at high-highest risk; CRS value in the EMR system was 4.07 ± 3.58, 65% patients were at high-highest risk. There were strong positive correlations ( P < .0001) between patient-completed CRS and physician-completed CRS ( r = 0.978, κ = 0.76) and between the final value of physician-completed CRS and CRS in EMR ( r = 0.994, κ = 0.97). This study successfully developed and validated a Chinese patient-completed CRS that we found can replace physician-completed CRS. This results in considerable time saving for physicians and this process should increase the percentage of patients having complete risk assessment when they are admitted to the hospital.
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Chen et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Internal medical and surgical patients (n=140). Patient-completed Caprini risk score vs. Physician-completed Caprini risk score was evaluated on Correlation between patient-completed CRS and physician-completed CRS (r = 0.978, p=< .0001). The Chinese patient-completed Caprini risk score showed a strong positive correlation with the physician-completed score (r = 0.978, P < 0.0001), validating its use to replace physician assessment.
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