Seventy eight (78) empirical indicators were identified and categorized. From this process, twenty seven (27) affected human needs were related as follows: sixteen (16) in the psychobio- logical level, ten (10) in the psychosocial and one (01) in the psycho-spiritual. For the grouping of identified EIs, there was a screening process guided by the set of information that profes- sionals must collect from patients. These data should be listed so that they carry the diagnosis formulation, and determine nursing interven- tion to contribute to the achievement of the expected outcome(6). The results demonstrated a consensus in terms of the opinions of judges with regard to all the displayed items.
Tables 1 and 2 present the evaluation of the judges in terms of the relevance of the EI. The concordance of responses corresponded to 100% with regard to all indicators. A change in the classification of the human need for nu- trition used in Garcia and Cubas’ classification was suggested and obeyed in this study. It was considered that, by using the term “nutrition”, we are adopting an inappropriate use of the term that is exclusive to the professional nutri- tionist. Thus, the total content was valid, as the percentage exceeded the previously-established validation value of 70% agreement