Table 6

Symptoms: inter-observer agreement between parents and nurses in 535 children with possible acute respiratory infection

Nurse reports presentNurse reports absent
Parent reports presentParent reports absentParent reports presentParent reports absent
Symptomn (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)Kappa
Rash65/111 (58.6)46/111 (41.4)26/424 (6.1)398/424 (93.9)0.56
Cough187/258 (72.5)71/258 (27.5)51/277 (18.4)226/277 (81.6)0.54
Wheeze34/46 (73.9)12/46 (26.1)87/489 (18.6)402/489 (81.4)0.32
Breathing difficulty56/110 (50.9)54/110 (49.1)78/425 (17.8)347/425 (81.6)0.30
Pallor95/201 (47.3)106/201 (52.7)72/334 (21.6)262/334 (78.4)0.27
Fever*207/244 (84.8)37/244 (15.2)178/285 (62.5)107/285 (37.5)0.22
  • * Temperature data not available for six participants.