A survey of accuracy of nurses’ clinical judgement of cutaneous graft‐versus‐host disease in Japan

Aim We examined accuracy of nurses’ clinical judgement of graft‐versus‐host‐disease (GVHD) symptoms and related factors using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) for patients who developed chronic cutaneous GVHD after haematopoietic stem cell transplants. Design Cross‐sectional design using nationwide survey. Methods A questionnaire survey based on Tanner's clinical judgement model to assess patients with chronic cutaneous GVHD using CTCAE was used. Free‐text descriptions and statistical analyses of relationship between correct responses and demographic data were performed. Results The rate of correct responses for main symptoms of skin GVHD was