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Agreement between measures of pulmonary artery and tympanic temperatures
Author(s) -
Lattavo Kathy,
Britt Jana,
Dobal May
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770180410
Subject(s) - intraclass correlation , medicine , pulmonary artery , intensive care unit , cardiology , psychometrics , clinical psychology
The purposes of this study were to compare pulmonary artery, oral, axillary, and two tympanic temperatures and test agreement between measures of pulmonary artery and tympanic temperatures in a convenience sample of 32 Intensive Care Unit patients. The correlation coefficients for pulmonary artery and oral, axillary, and tympanic temperatures were moderate to strong and significant at the p <.01 level. However, intraclass correlation coefficients estimated the intermethod reliability and were below the .75 criterion of acceptability. Thus, one method of temperature measurement could not be interchanged for another. ©1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.