title: Interobserver variability in the assessment of clinical criteria for suspected urinary tract infection in nursing home residents.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. manisha.juthanimehta@yale.edu
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juthani-Mehta
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tinetti
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perrelli
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Towle
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Van Ness
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Quagliarello
mesh_terms: 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