Confirmation of own assessment
In relation to the theme above, according to healthcare professionals, the AGE-ICU shows the full picture of the patient, which contributes to a comprehensible overview. “The AGE-ICU gives you a lot of arguments, and the colored bars give you a clear overview of the status of the patient [Interview 6] . Besides this, the tool canobjectify the feelings that a healthcare professional has about a patient. Healthcare professionals often use the AGE-ICU in cases of doubt. Respondents mentioned that in some cases there is no doubt about the treatment the AGE-ICU is not necessary. The AGE-ICU is often used to objectify the doctor’s assessment in cases where it is not clear or difficult to estimate the chances of survival, “It is often a feeling, what you have with a patient on which you base your decision to not admit someone to the IC. By using the AGE-ICU you can make that illustrative. You can say for yourself, hey this is right indeed. Because if we put this patient in the AGE-ICU screening, this patient will eventually come out bad. This confirms your feelings” [Interview 4].