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Table 2 Cumulative and daily mean duration of KMC and validation test outcomes

From: Kangaroo mother care among hospitalised neonates: evaluation of the validity of duration measurement methods compared to observation linked to the OMWaNA trial in Uganda

 

Cumulative duration of KMC (hours), mean (SD)

Cumulative difference between methods and observer (hours), mean (95% CI)

Daily KMC duration (hours), mean (SD)

Daily difference between methods and observer (hours), mean (95% CI)

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

Positive predictive value (PPV)

Percent agreement*

Observer (gold standard)

67·8 (64.4)

-

8·4 (3·5)

-

-

-

-

-

Healthcare worker record

60·5 (34.4)

9·5 (3.5– 15.5)

8·5 (4·0)

0·2 (-0.3 - 0.6)

52·6 (51·9-53·3)

59·1 (58·3-59·8)

57·6

55·7%

Caregiver report^

82·6 (68.6)

-14·1 (-17.6 - -10.6)

10·4 (3·8)

-1·7 (-2.1 - -1.3)

85·1 (84·5-85·6)

30·5 (29·9-31·2)

56·4

58·6%

  1. CI=confidence interval. SD=standard deviation. *Percent agreement= (true positives + true negatives)/n. Healthcare worker record data were missing for 185 (1.0%) observations. ^Caregiver report data were missing for 120 (0.7%) observations