Table 1.
Correlation and agreement between self-report (SR) and medical record-abstracted symptoms from three sources
| Symptom | Self- report |
Medical record documentation by healthcare providers | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR n=43 (%) |
IP n=43 (%) |
Positive agreement |
Negative agreement |
κ | ED n=27 (%) |
Positive agreement |
Negative agreement |
κ | RN n=43 (%) |
Positive agreement |
Negative agreement |
κ | |
| Fever | (18.6) | 4 (7) | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.4* | 3 (11.1) | 0.03 | 0.81 | 0.5* | 2 (4.7) | 0.04 | 0.81 | 0.3* |
| Dysuria | 13 (30.2) | 6 (10.5) | 0.11 | 0.67 | 0.4* | 8 (29.6) | 0.18 | 0.55 | 0.4* | 1 (2.3) | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.1 |
| Frequency | 23 (53.5) | 5 (8.8) | 0.11 | 0.45 | 0.2* | 5 (18.5) | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.2* | 4 (9.3) | 0.02 | 0.39 | −0.1 |
| Retention¥ | 18 (48.9) | 1 (1.8) | 0.02 | 0.58 | 0.06 | 1 (3.7) | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.58 | |
| Suprapubic pain¥ | 16 (37.2) | 3 (5.3) | 0.09 | 0.6 | 0.2* | 1 (3.7) | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.62 | |
| Flank pain | 16 (37.2) | 5 (8.8) | 0.09 | 0.6 | 0.2* | 7 (25.9) | 0.14 | 0.48 | 0.2 | 1 (2.3) | 0.02 | 0.62 | 0.07 |
| Chills¥ | 12 (27.9) | 4 (7) | 0.07 | 0.69 | 0.2* | 2 (7.4) | 0.07 | 0.77 | 0.4* | 0 | 0 | 0.72 | |
| Weakness | 12 (27.9) | 2 (3.5) | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.07 | 6 (22.2) | 0.07 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 2 (4.7) | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.07 |
| Fatigue¥ | 16 (37.2) | 3 (5.3) | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2 (7.4) | 0.07 | 0.63 | 0.2* | 0 | 0 | 0.62 | |
| Dizziness¥ | 9 (20.9) | 3 (5.3) | 0.04 | 0.76 | 0.2* | 5 (18.5) | 0.11 | 0.7 | 0.4* | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | |
| Malodorous urine¥ | 9 (20.9) | 1 (1.8) | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.1* | 1 (3.7) | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.2* | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | |
| Confusion¥ | 4 (9.3) | 2 (3.5) | 0.02 | 0.88 | 0.2* | 3 (11.1) | 0.03 | 0.88 | 0.4* | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | |
IP: inpatient physician, RN: nursing staff, ED: emergency department physician
*
p < 0.05
¥
No measures of correlation were possible between SR and RN.