Table 5.
Frequency Distribution of NDs Among MDCs.
| Cardiocirculatory system DDs | Digestive system DDs | Hepatobiliary and pancreatic DDs | Endocrine, nutritional & metabolic system DDs | p-value* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | N | % | Rank | N | % | Rank | N | % | Rank | N | % | Rank | |
| Risk for infection | 484 | 63.3 | 1 | 873 | 79.4 | 1 | 598 | 77.6 | 2 | 765 | 69.5 | 2 | <.001 |
| Risk for impaired skin integrity | 446 | 58.3 | 2 | 478 | 43.5 | 4 | 302 | 39.2 | 3 | 492 | 44.7 | 5 | <.001 |
| Risk for falls | 413 | 54.0 | 3 | 868 | 79.0 | 2 | 635 | 82.4 | 1 | 904 | 82.2 | 1 | <.001 |
| Impaired physical mobility | 339 | 44.3 | 4 | 450 | 40.9 | 5 | 276 | 35.8 | 6 | 49 | 4.5 | <.001 | |
| Activity intolerance | 320 | 41.8 | 5 | 258 | 23.5 | 9 | 136 | 17.6 | 69 | 6.3 | <.001 | ||
| Anxiety | 302 | 39.5 | 6 | 219 | 19.9 | 191 | 24.8 | 10 | 95 | 8.6 | <.001 | ||
| Risk for activity intolerance | 294 | 38.4 | 7 | 276 | 25.1 | 8 | 134 | 17.4 | 50 | 4.5 | <.001 | ||
| Overweight | 279 | 36.5 | 8 | 240 | 21.8 | 243 | 31.5 | 8 | 635 | 57.7 | 3 | <.001 | |
| Dressing self-care deficit | 275 | 35.9 | 9 | 176 | 16.0 | 63 | 8.2 | 14 | 1.3 | <.001 | |||
| Risk for constipation | 274 | 35.8 | 10 | 503 | 45.8 | 3 | 292 | 37.9 | 4 | 95 | 8.6 | <.001 | |
| Risk for injury | 264 | 34.5 | 185 | 16.8 | 80 | 10.4 | 45 | 4.1 | <.001 | ||||
| Bathing self-care deficit | 209 | 27.3 | 154 | 14.0 | 67 | 8.7 | 19 | 1.7 | <.001 | ||||
| Impaired walking | 204 | 26.7 | 155 | 14.1 | 51 | 6.6 | 24 | 2.2 | <.001 | ||||
| Toileting self-care deficit | 195 | 25.5 | 147 | 13.4 | 64 | 8.3 | 53 | 4.8 | <.001 | ||||
| Disturbed sleep pattern | 192 | 25.1 | 161 | 14.6 | 157 | 20.4 | 184 | 16.7 | 7 | <.001 | |||
| Fear | 149 | 19.5 | 242 | 22.0 | 10 | 143 | 18.5 | 123 | 11.2 | 10 | <.001 | ||
| Acute pain | 122 | 15.9 | 297 | 27.0 | 7 | 287 | 37.2 | 5 | 353 | 32.1 | 6 | <.001 | |
| Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion | 116 | 15.2 | 178 | 16.2 | 134 | 17.4 | 44 | 4.0 | <.001 | ||||
| Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements | 111 | 14.5 | 365 | 33.2 | 6 | 262 | 34.0 | 7 | 45 | 4.1 | <.001 | ||
| Constipation | 79 | 10.3 | 226 | 20.6 | 139 | 18.0 | 49 | 4.5 | <.001 | ||||
| Risk for aspiration | 75 | 9.8 | 106 | 9.6 | 25 | 3.2 | 56 | 5.1 | <.001 | ||||
| Fatigue | 67 | 8.8 | 58 | 5.3 | 32 | 4.2 | 34 | 3.1 | <.001 | ||||
| Impaired urinary elimination | 60 | 7.8 | 230 | 20.9 | 197 | 25.6 | 9 | 153 | 13.9 | 8 | <.001 | ||
| Impaired skin integrity | 46 | 6.0 | 64 | 5.8 | 27 | 3.5 | 125 | 11.4 | 9 | <.001 | |||
| Feeding self-care deficit | 45 | 5.9 | 47 | 4.3 | 17 | 2.2 | 8 | 0.7 | <.001 | ||||
| Ineffective breathing pattern | 37 | 4.8 | 91 | 8.3 | 70 | 9.1 | 61 | 5.5 | <.001 | ||||
| Perceived constipation | 32 | 4.2 | 36 | 3.3 | 32 | 4.2 | 17 | 1.5 | .002 | ||||
| Deficient fluid volume | 30 | 3.9 | 97 | 8.8 | 81 | 10.5 | 24 | 2.2 | <.001 | ||||
| Noncompliance | 21 | 2.7 | 33 | 3.0 | 19 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.9 | .005 | ||||
| Diarrhea | 20 | 2.6 | 73 | 6.6 | 22 | 2.9 | 14 | 1.3 | <.001 | ||||
| Disturbed body image | 16 | 2.1 | 26 | 2.4 | 10 | 1.3 | 14 | 1.3 | .153 | ||||
| Acute confusion | 12 | 1.6 | 25 | 2.3 | 11 | 1.4 | 7 | 0.6 | .017 | ||||
| Ineffective coping | 12 | 1.6 | 8 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.5 | .038 | ||||
| Impaired swallowing | 11 | 1.4 | 48 | 4.4 | 17 | 2.2 | 522 | 47.5 | 4 | <.001 | |||
| Ineffective airway clearance | 9 | 1.2 | 44 | 4.0 | 48 | 6.2 | 7 | 0.6 | <.001 | ||||
| Impaired social interaction | 9 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.2 | .017 | ||||
| Chronic pain | 7 | 0.9 | 9 | 0.8 | 11 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.5 | .165 | ||||
| Impaired memory | 5 | 0.7 | 20 | 1.8 | 9 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.4 | .005 | ||||
| Chronic confusion | 5 | 0.7 | 14 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.2 | .026 | ||||
| Bowel incontinence | 4 | 0.5 | 49 | 4.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.2 | <.001 | ||||
| Functional urinary incontinence | 2 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | .290 | ||||
| Stress urinary incontinence | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.3 | .775 | ||||
| Reflex urinary incontinence | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | .120 | ||||
| Urge urinary incontinence | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | .122 | ||||
ND = nursing diagnosis; MDCs = major diagnostic categories; DDs = diseases and disorders.
* Chi-squared test.