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

Table 6

Sensitivity and specificity for fever over 39°C detection by palpation.

	Sensitivity (95% CI)(%)	Specificity (95% CI)(%)
Mother + father (n = 252)	49.1 (39.5, 58.7)	70.7 (62.4, 78.1)
Mother (n = 122)	49.1 (35.4, 62.9)	74.6 (62.5, 84.5)
Father (n = 130)	49.1. (35.6, 62.7)	67.1 (55.1, 77.7)

95% CI: 95% confidence interval; n: sample size.