Primary care judgments of nurses and physicians, 1976-1978
Subtitle: Clinical simulation test--hypertension data
By: principal investigators, Frank E. McLaughlin et al
Series: ICPSR -- 7732; ICPSR (Series) -- 7732
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Hypertension; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Physicians; Ability testing; Nurses; Physicians' assistants
Description: The purpose of the study was to measure the clinical judgments of health professionals in relation to a panel of eight national experts in the specific area of hypertension. A 600-item questionnaire, known as the Clinical Simulation Test, was given to 173 respondents who were divided into six groups: family practice physicians, nurse practitioners with master's degrees, certified nurse practitioners, public health nurses, pre-medical students, and nursing students. The instrument simulates the process of diagnosis, treatment, and management of a 46-year-old caucasian male with essential hypertension. The test contains eleven sections and three diagnostic tests. Eight of the test sections require the respondent to choose from among a list of possible actions. Three sections are open-ended and require the respondent to identify relevant patient data or list patient problems. Data also include demographic information about the respondents of the study and an evaluation of the test instrument by the respondents.
Notes: Holding archive: National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

ICPSR data class: Class IV

Chronological coverage: 1976-1978.

United States.

The data are available in card-image format, with 14 cards of data per respondent. A 459-card deck composed of a FORTRAN IV source deck and data necessary to score respondents on a proficiency scale is also included, plus the responses of eight experts (14 cards of data per expert) used for the purpose of test instrument validation. These data are in binary form.

McLaughlin, Frank E., et al. Primary Care Judgments of Nurses and Physicians, Volume 1--Report of the Research, November 1978, San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco, California.

McLaughlin, Frank E., et al. Primary Care Judgments of Nurses and Physicians, Volume 2--Clinical Simulation Test for Hypertension, November 1978, San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco, California

McLaughlin, Frank E., et al. ''Nurses' and Physicians' Performance on Clinical Simulation Test: Hypertension,'' Research in Nursing and Health, 2 (1979).