Journal article
A TOOL TO ASSESS THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION: DEVELOPMENT AND RELIABILITY
Clinical nursing research, Vol.24(4), pp.341-356
08/2015
DOI: 10.1177/1054773814550506
PMCID: PMC4369445
PMID: 25246536
Abstract
The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the inter-rater reliability of four clinical manifestations of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) among hospitalized adults with short-term indwelling urinary catheters using a tool developed for this purpose: the CAUTI Assessment Profile (CAP). Study participants included 30 non-pregnant English-speaking adults, recruited from 2 community hospitals. Three nurses assessed each participant for fever, suprapubic tenderness, flank tenderness, and delirium using standardized techniques. Based on the generalized kappa statistic and 95% confidence intervals, there was evidence of strong inter-rater reliability for fever (K = 1.00, 0.793 – 1.207), suprapubic tenderness (K = 0.39, 0.185 – 0.598), and delirium (K = 0.58, 0.379 – 0.792), but not for flank tenderness (K = 0.29, −0.036 – 0.617). This study provides preliminary evidence that the CAUTI Assessment Profile (CAP) can be used to consistently identify these clinical signs and symptoms of CAUTI in hospitalized adults.
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- Title: Subtitle
- A TOOL TO ASSESS THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION: DEVELOPMENT AND RELIABILITY
- Creators
- Tom J Blodgett - Valparaiso University College of Nursing and Health Professions, 836 LaPorte Avenue, Valparaiso, Indiana, 46383Sue E Gardner - University of Iowa College of Nursing, 150 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242Nicole P Blodgett - Purdue University Calumet College of Nursing, Hammond, Indiana, 46320Lisa V Peterson - Franciscan St. Margaret Health, 5454 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, Indiana, 46320Melissa Pietraszak - Franciscan St. Margaret Health, 5454 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, Indiana, 46320
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nursing research, Vol.24(4), pp.341-356
- DOI
- 10.1177/1054773814550506
- PMID
- 25246536
- PMCID
- PMC4369445
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Nurs Res
- ISSN
- 1054-7738
- eISSN
- 1552-3799
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2015
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984064269702771
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