Table 1.

Modified Delphi Survey Rounds 1 & 2^†

	Round 1			Round 2
Sign or Symptom	Consensus Reached to Exclude Sign/Symptom From Final Criteria	Consensus Reached to Include Sign/Symptom in Final Criteria	Consensus Not Reached to Include Signs/Symptom (Assessed Again in Round 2)	Consensus Reached to Include Sign/Symptom in Final Criteria
Literature Based Signs/Symptoms Potentially Related to UTI
1. Chills or Rigors			X
2. Dysuria		X
3. Fever (≥ 100 F, or repeated temperatures > 99 F, and/or increase of ≥ 2 degrees F above baseline temperature)			X
4. Urinary Frequency			X	X
5. Hematuria (gross)			X	X
6. Incontinence			X
7. Mental Status Change (delirium, altered level of consciousness, confusion)			X
8. Malaise			X
9. Nocturia			X
10. Offensive Smelling Urine	X
11. Suprapubic pain			X	X
12. Turbid urine			X
13. Urinary Urgency			X	X
Signs/Symptoms Used as Quality Control Variables*
14. Depressive Symptoms	X
15. Insomnia	X
16. Radiating Thigh Pain	X

^†Rounds 1 & 2 identified individual specific signs/symptoms to include or exclude from final criteria. A third round (not shown) was conducted to assess whether single or combinations of signs/symptoms were adequate criteria.

^*Signs or symptoms not likely to be related to cystitis. These were included to assess result validity