Questionnaire regarding clinical intuition (both intervention group and control group) |
- Surprise question: “Would you be surprised if this patient dies within the next 31 days?” (yes/no) [20, 21] - Concern question: “How concerned are you about the health of this patient?” (Likert scale 1–10) [6] - Severity question: “How severely ill do you find this patient?” (Likert scale 1–10) [22] - “Do you think that this patient will be admitted to the hospital for more than 7 days?” (yes/no) - “Do you think that this patient will be admitted to the ICU?” (yes/no) |
Questionnaire regarding medical treatment changes (intervention group only) |
- “Is the RISKINDEX higher than, equal to, or lower than you expected?” - “Do you want to alter the medical treatment plan based on the RISKINDEX?” (yes/no) - “If yes, which part of the treatment plan?“ (reassessment during current ED visit; order additional investigations and consultations; admission or discharge; consultation with an ICU specialist and/or admission to ICU; removing or emplacing treatment restrictions) a |