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Table 3 Opinion of Caregivers, House Physicians and Nursing Officers on the side of the hand more sensitive for tactile assessment of temperature

From: Detection of fever in children emergency care: comparisons of tactile and rectal temperatures in Nigerian children

Assessors

More sensitive side of the hand

 

   Palmar surface

   Dorsal Surface

 

n

%

n

%

House physicians (n = 112)

24

21.4

88

78.6

Nursing officers (n = 112)

31

27.7

81

72.3

Caregivers (n = 112)

22

19.6

90

80.4

All assessors (n = 336)

77

22.9

259

87.1

  1. X2 = 2.26, df = 2, p = 0.323