Interobserver variability in the assessment of clinical criteria for suspected urinary tract infection in nursing home residents.
We determined the interobserver variability in the assessment of clinical criteria for urinary tract infection (UTI) in nursing home residents. Pairs of nursing home staff caring for 30 residents were interviewed at the time UTI was suspected. At least one measure from each of 7 clinical criteria categories was reliably assessed by nursing home staff members.
Juthani-Mehta
Manisha
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Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. manisha.juthanimehta@yale.edu
Tinetti
Mary
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Perrelli
Eleanor
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Towle
Virginia
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Van Ness
Peter H
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Quagliarello
Vincent
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003950:Diagnostic Techniques, Urological / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015588:Observer Variation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology