Table 2 Comparisons of Caregivers, Doctors and Nurses Tactile assessment and Rectal Temperature using thermometric method in 182 patients
Tactile Temp | Rectal Temperature °C | K(95% CI) | Sensitivity %(95% CI) | Specificity %(95% CI) | PPV %(95% CI) | NPV %(95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≥ 38.0 | <38.0 | ||||||||
n | % | n | % | ||||||
Physicians | |||||||||
Fever | 104 | 92.9 | 53 | 75.7 | 0.195(0.075 - 0.289) | 93(89 - 96) | 24(18 - 29) | 66(63 - 69) | 68(68 - 82) |
No fever | 8 | 7.1 | 17 | 24.3 | |||||
Nurses | |||||||||
Fever | 105 | 93.8 | 52 | 74.3 | 0.221(0.102 - 0.309) | 94(90 - 97) | 26(19 - 31) | 67(64 - 69) | 72(54 - 85) |
No Fever | 7 | 6.2 | 18 | 25.7 | |||||
Caregivers | |||||||||
Fever | 106 | 94.6 | 54 | 77.1 | 0.201(0.087 - 0.282) | 95(91 - 97) | 23(17 - 27) | 66(64 - 68) | 73(53 - 87) |
No fever | 6 | 5.4 | 16 | 12.1 | |||||