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Table 7 Final consensus list of nursing-sensitive quality indicators among all experts

From: Nursing-sensitive quality indicators for quality improvement in Norwegian nursing homes – a modified Delphi study

All experts

Rankinga order of the quality indicators

1

Systematic medication review

2

Pressure ulcers

3

Behavioral symptoms affecting others

4

Pain

5

Dehydration

6

Oral and/or dental health problem

7

Urinary tract infection

8

Fecal impaction

9

Symptoms of depression

10

Use of aids that inhibit freedom of movement

11

Participation in activities of interest

12

Participation in social activities

13

Decline in ADL

14

Weight loss

15

Falls

16

Hearing loss without the use of hearing aids

17

Established toilet routines

18

Bladder and bowel incontinence

19

Bedfast residents

20

Indwelling urinary catheter

  1. Bold font: consensus/accepted
  2. Italics: NO consensus/rejected
  3. Abbreviation: ADL Activities of Daily Living
  4. aRanking order according to the following procedure: 1) Consensus; 2) Median value; 3) Percent of rating between two adjoining values (6 and 7); 4) Interquartile range; 5) Range