Inter-rater reliability of the Abbreviated Injury Scale scores in patients with severe head injury shows good inter-rater agreement but variability between countries. An inter-country comparison study.
Amy C GunningMenco Johannes Sophius NiemeyerMark van HeijlKarlijn J P van WessemRonald V MaierZsolt J BaloghLuke P H LeenenPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2022)
The results of this study demonstrated a substantial and almost perfect reliability of the AIS coders within the same trauma center, but variability across trauma centers. This indicates a need to improve inter-rater reliability in AIS coders and quality assessments of trauma registry data, specifically for patients with head injuries. Future research should study the effect of differences in AIS scoring on outcome predictions.