ABSTRACT
OBJETIVO: Identificar las medidas de precisión de las características definitorias del diagnóstico de enfermería termorregulación ineficaz en los recién nacidos. MÉTODO: Estudio de precisión diagnóstica de diseño transversal realizado en unidades de maternidad de medio y alto riesgo, localizada en la ciudad de Fortaleza-CE. Se evaluaron 216 recién nacidos para la identificación de las características definitorias del diagnóstico en estudio. Las medidas de precisión de las características definitorias se obtuvieron a partir de un modelo de 2 clases latentes con efectos aleatorios para el cálculo de los valores de sensibilidad y especificidad. RESULTADOS: Las características de frecuencia respiratoria aumentada y piel caliente al tacto presentaron valores de sensibilidad más altos (99,9%) y de especificidades menores (79 y 75%) y las características fluctuaciones de la temperatura corporal por encima y por debajo de los parámetros normales e hipertensión fueron las de mayor especificidad (80,4%) y sensibilidad (100%), respectivamente. CONCLUSIÓN: La característica fluctuación de la temperatura corporal por encima y por debajo de los parámetros normales puede ser más adecuadas para confirmar la presencia del diagnóstico, por haber presentado un mayor valor de especificidad
OBJECTIVE: To identify the measures of accuracy for defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis: Ineffective thermoregulation in newborns. METHOD: Diagnostic accuracy study with cross-sectional design performed in medium and high-risk maternity units, located in Fortaleza city/Brazil. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of the diagnosis under study. The measures of accuracy for defining characteristics were obtained from a latent class model with random effects for the calculation of sensitivity and specificity values. RESULTS: The characteristics of increased respiratory rate and warm skin to the touch had higher sensitivity values (99.9%) and lower specificity (79 and 75%) and the characteristics of body temperature fluctuations above and below the normal parameters and hypertension had the highest specificity (80.4 and 100%, respectively). CONCLUSION: The characteristic fluctuation of the body temperature above and below the normal parameters may be better to confirm the diagnosis, having presented a higher specificity value
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Nursing Diagnosis/methods , Body Temperature Regulation/physiology , Respiratory Rate , Fever/complications , Nursing Diagnosis/standards , Cross-Sectional Studies , Sensitivity and Specificity , Brain Diseases/prevention & control , Odds Ratio , Fever/diagnosis , Fever/nursingABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To identify the measures of accuracy for defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis: Ineffective thermoregulation in newborns. METHOD: Diagnostic accuracy study with cross-sectional design performed in medium and high-risk maternity units, located in Fortaleza city/Brazil. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of the diagnosis under study. The measures of accuracy for defining characteristics were obtained from a latent class model with random effects for the calculation of sensitivity and specificity values. RESULTS: The characteristics of increased respiratory rate and warm skin to the touch had higher sensitivity values (99.9%) and lower specificity (79 and 75%) and the characteristics of body temperature fluctuations above and below the normal parameters and hypertension had the highest specificity (80.4 and 100%, respectively). CONCLUSION: The characteristic fluctuation of the body temperature above and below the normal parameters may be better to confirm the diagnosis, having presented a higher specificity value.
