title: Evaluating home health care nursing outcomes with OASIS and NOC.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the sensitivity and responsiveness of the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) to the effects of home healthcare nursing interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental before-after study was conducted using a sample of 106 home healthcare participants referred to one of seven participating Midwest home healthcare agencies for treatment of a cardiac condition. Patient outcomes data were collected at home healthcare admission and discharge using OASIS and NOC. Nursing intervention data were collected at each visit using the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). Intervention intensity was calculated by totaling the number of NIC interventions provided over the episode of care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neither OASIS nor NOC were sensitive to the effects of home healthcare nursing as measured by intervention intensity. The OASIS was not responsive to clinically discernable changes in patient outcomes; while the NOC was responsive to patient status change in the outcome categories including activities of daily living, cardiopulmonary status, coping, and illness management behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Outcome measures that are more condition-specific and discipline-specific are more responsive to the effects of home healthcare nursing. Further research is needed to identify and refine outcome measures that are sensitive and responsive to the effects of nursing care in home health and other nursing settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of outcome measures that are more sensitive and responsive to nursing are more effective in guiding nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI 48221, USA. stockju@udmercy.edu
authors.forename: Julia Stocker
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Violet
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barkauskas
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keenan
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled