Gold-standard CFS rating | Prior to education (n=26) % agreement | Post-education (n=21)* % agreement | P value† |
Well and managing well (case 1, case 4) | 63.5 | 71.4 | 0.55 |
Vulnerable (case 6, case 10) | 51.9 | 52.4 | 0.61 |
Mildly frail (case 2) | 65.4 | 81.0 | 0.34 |
Moderately frail, severely frail, very severely frail and terminally ill (cases 3, 7, 9, 8, 5) | 45.4 | 50.5 | 0.88 |
*After the educational intervention, five RNs were lost to follow-up and did not rate clinical vignettes.
†McNemar’s test used to compare % agreement before and after educational intervention with n=21 subjects. Categories of ‘vulnerable’ and ‘moderately frail, severely frail, very severely frail and terminally ill’ compared 20 subjects due to missing data points from one subject.
CFS, Clinical Frailty Scale; RNs, registered nurses.