The inter-observer agreement of examining pre-school children with acute cough: a nested study

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Table 1 Clinician and researcher clinical assessments

Variables	Observer one (un-standardised assessment)^a,c	Observer two (standardised assessment)^c
Breaths per minute counted	61/250 (24.4%)	95/116 (81.9%)^b
Counted respiratory rate raised	15/61 (24.6%)	49/95 (51.6%)^b
Raised respiratory rate (global opinion)	22/250 (8.8%)	12/218 (5.5%)^a
Temperature recorded using thermometer	61/250 (24.4%)	103/116 (88.8%)^b
Temperature recorded and raised (> 37.5°C)	6/61 (9.8%)	4/103 (3.9%)^b
Fever (global opinion)	27/250 (10.8%)	Not examined.
Abnormal chest signs	53/246 (21.5%)	31/218^a (14.2%)

^a Data collected from both winters ^b Data collected on consecutive children for second winter only ^c Denominators vary due to missing data

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