Predictive power of clinical indicators for self-care deficit.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the predictive power of a set of the best clinical indicators for the nursing diagnostic labels self-care deficit (SCD) and impaired physical mobility.


METHODS
Patient assessment data (physical examination and interview) were obtained from 414 hospitalized patients.


RESULTS
Patients with the diagnostic label of self-care deficit were significantly older in age, had a greater number of nursing diagnoses, required greater assistance in activities of daily living, and were less mobile than those without the diagnostic label. While 18 of 32 clinical indicators were positively related to self-care deficit, five clinical indicators were sufficient to diagnose SCD.


CONCLUSIONS
Further development of the method may be useful in improving diagnostic accuracy and efficiency of nursing diagnoses.
School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity