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| Reliability of nursing assistants' observations of functioning and clinical symptoms and signs | | Author(s) | A H Ranhoff |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 9, no 5, October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 378-380 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Dressing capacity ; Evaluation ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Norway. |
| Annotation | The aim of this Norwegian study was to assess the reliability of functional and clinical data collected by non-professional nursing assistants. The study group consisted of 60 older short-stay patients admitted to a nursing home for rehabilitation. Barthel ADL (Activities of Daily Living) index items and clinical symptoms and signs were scored by nursing assistants and nurses. Agreement between scores was assessed by Cohen's kappa statistics and a test of marginal homogeneity. All the Barthel items and the clinical symptoms and signs had a fair or a better agreement. For activities such as dressing, chair-to-bed transfer, ambulation, and bathing the agreement was strong. The reliability of Barthel sum-scores was also acceptable. The study concluded that observation of functioning and clinical symptoms and signs by non-professional nursing assistants is reliable. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980225417 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: CA6: 4C: LHB:LF: QTE:4UA: 76N |
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