Emergency Department Patient and Physician Survey Accuracy Compared to Chart Abstraction in Patients with Acute Respiratory Illness.

Katherine M HunoldAndrew L SchwadererMatthew ExlineCourtney L HebertBrent C LampertLauren T SoutherlandJulie A StephensEdward W BoyerTanya R GureLorraine C MionMichael HillChing-Min B ChuEdriane ErnieJeffrey M Caterino

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)

Both patient symptoms and exam findings demonstrated discrepancies between chart review and direct survey with larger discrepancies in symptoms reported. Researchers should consider these potential discrepancies during study design and data interpretation.

Keyphrases

emergency department
case report
cross sectional
primary care
sleep quality
electronic health record
depressive symptoms
human health
respiratory tract
adverse drug