A Cross-Sectional Study on Subjective Fever Assessment in Children by Palpation: Are Fathers as Reliable as Mothers?

Table 3

Association between variables and identification of fever by palpation (n = 318).

Factors	OR	95% CI	value
Father (ref = mother)	0.65	(0.39, 1.08)	0.099
Parent age (unit = 5 years)	0.85	(0.67, 1.10)	0.214
Employment (ref = 20–60 hrs)
Unemployed	0.44	(0.22, 0.88)	0.020
Less than 30 hrs	0.55	(0.21, 1.45)	0.229
60–90 hrs	0.62	(0.19, 2.05)	0.435
Fever as the reason of bringing child in	1.96	(1.08, 3.56)	0.027
Believe can estimate fever	0.55	(0.28, 1.11)	0.435
Site of palpation (ref = forehead)
Torso	1.18	(0.46, 3.05)	0.727
Both	1.15	(0.49, 2.70)	0.740
Other spots	2.69	(0.80, 9.04)	0.110

ROC = 0.658.