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Table 3 Test characteristics of parents’ subjective assessment of fever by family size

From: Accuracy of parents’ subjective assessment of paediatric fever with thermometer measured fever in a primary care setting

Sub-Group

Index Test

Reference

n=

TP

FP

FN

TN

Parents with one child

Parental subjective assessment

38oC using either the axillary or tympanic thermometer

165

15

33

2

115

Parents with more than one child

Parental subjective assessment

38oC using either the axillary or tympanic thermometer

234

13

58

0

163