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Table 4 Part of patients' body used for temperature assessment

From: Detection of fever in children emergency care: comparisons of tactile and rectal temperatures in Nigerian children

Assessors

Site of patients' body used

 

Head

Neck

Chest

Abdomen

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

House physicians

31

27.6

46

41.1

16

14.3

19

17.0

Nursing officers

39

34.8

27

24.1

19

17.0

27

24.1

Caregivers

50

44.6

39

34.8

0

0.0

23

20.6

All assessors

120

35.7

112

33.3

35

10.4

69

20.6

  1. X2 = 28.77, df = 6, p = 0.00