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Table 3 Agreement and reliability results for the 16 items of the Peripheral Intravenous Catheters mini questionnaire (PIVC miniQ)

From: Monitoring quality of care for peripheral intravenous catheters; feasibility and reliability of the peripheral intravenous catheters mini questionnaire (PIVC-miniQ)

Item on the PIVC miniQ

neg

disagree

positive

sum

Negative agreement

Positive agreement

Positive agreement

Scott’s agreement*

PIVC Pain and tenderness

168

15

22

205

0.957

0.746

0.927

0.754

Redness > 1 cm from insertion site

167

26

12

205

0.928

0.480

0.873

0.786

Swelling> 1 cm from insertion site

195

10

0

205

0.975

0.000

0.951

0.952

Warmth at insertion site

199

5

1

205

0.988

0.286

0.976

0.966

Purulence

200

4

1

205

0.990

0.333

0.981

0.971

Streak/red line along the vein

199

4

2

205

0.990

0.500

0.981

0.962

Induration, hardness of tissue

197

7

1

205

0.983

0.222

0.966

0.957

Palpable hard vein beyond tip

190

13

2

205

0.967

0.235

0.937

0.921

Partial/complete dislodgement

201

2

2

205

0.995

0.667

0.990

0.971

Soiled with blood or fluids

146

21

38

205

0.933

0.784

0.898

0.639

Loose or lifting dressing edges

156

23

26

205

0.931

0.693

0.889

0.701

Fixed with tape only

202

3

0

205

0.993

0.000

0.985

0.986

Blood in line

133

39

33

205

0.872

0.629

0.810

0.619

Insertion date not documented on PIVC dressing

85

18

102

205

0.904

0.919

0.912

0.503

Indication unknown

169

21

15

205

0.942

0.588

0.898

0.782

PIVC insertion date in is chart is lacking

132

36

37

205

0.880

0.673

0.824

0.607

  1. * Bias adjusted Scott’s agreement
  2. PIVC Peripheral Intravenous Catheter