title: Agreement Between Experts Regarding Assessment of Postoperative Urinary Elimination Nursing Outcomes in Elderly Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to verify the interrater reliability for indicators of the Nursing Outcomes Classification of urinary elimination.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 103 elderly postoperative patients were followed by two nurses with specialized training in medical-surgical and gerontological nursing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The agreement of evaluators was based on interpretation of the Krippendorff's alpha coefficient, for complete emptying of the bladder (.928) and presence of leukocytes (.885). The amount of urine (.262), density (.425), and urinary frequency (.307) had the lowest rates of agreement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analysis of urinary elimination could help in clinical follow-up of elderly postoperative patients and selection of nursing interventions.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Graziele Ribeiro
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bitencourt
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luise de Almeida Ferreira
authors.initials: Lde A
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosimere Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Venicios de Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011184:Postoperative Period; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014554:Urination
keywords: Elderly; nursing assessment; nursing diagnosis; nursing outcome; surgical nursing; urinary system