title: An evaluation of the utility of the Home Health Care Classification for categorizing patient problems and nursing interventions from the hospital setting.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the utility of the Home Health Care Classification for categorizing patient problems and nursing interventions from the hospital setting. The data set comprised 5,844 problem terms and 20,055 interventions terms. All terms could be categorized using the Nursing Components and Major Categories for Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions. A total of 1,767 (30.2%) patients problem terms could be placed into Major Nursing Diagnosis categories, but not subcategories even though there were subcategories related to the major category. All intervention terms whether they were classified at the Intervention Category or Subcategory could be coded according to Type of Nursing Action. These findings demonstrate that the Home Health Care Classification, at the level of Nursing Components and Major Categories, was domain complete for the data set. The fact that not all terms could be classified according to the existing subcategories suggests some areas for future development, but is also a reflection of the level of detail expressed in the data set itself. The results suggest that the Home Care Classification will be adequate and appropriate for categorizing problems and interventions across setting for the next phases of the research project.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0608, USA.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Holzemer
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000451:nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D009737:Nursing Records; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000451:nursing