Objective to identify the predicting factors and sensitivity, specificity, positive
and negative related value of nursing diagnosis Ineffective Breathing
Pattern among patients of an intensive care unit.Method cross-sectional study. A logistic regression was fitted to assess the
simultaneous effects of related factors.Results among the 120 patients, 67.5% presented Ineffective Breathing Pattern. In
the univariate analysis, the related factors were: group of diseases,
fatigue, obesity and presence of bronchial secretion, and the defining
characteristics were: changes in respiratory depth, auscultation with
adventitious sounds, dyspnea, reduced vesicular murmurs, tachypnea, cough
and use of the accessory musculature to breathe. The mean age of patients
with was higher than those without this diagnosis. The defining
characteristics reduced murmurs had high sensitivity (92.6%), specificity
(97.4%), negative related value (86.4%) and positive related value (98.7%).
The related factors of Ineffective Breathing Pattern were the related
factors fatigue, age and group of diseases.Conclusion fatigue, age and patients with a group of diseases were related factors of
Ineffective Breathing Pattern in this study. Reduced vesicular murmurs,
auscultation with adventitious sounds and cough may be defining
characteristics to be added in the international classification, as well as
the related factors bronchial secretion and group of diseases.