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Table 5 How often temperature checked and level of caregiver’s worrisome

From: Fever phobia: a comparison survey between caregivers in the inpatient ward and caregivers at the outpatient department in a children’s hospital in China

Variables

Total

OPD

Ward

p value

n = 621 (%)

n = 305 (%)

n = 316 (%)

How often temperature checked

 ≤ 15 min

6 (1.0)

5 (1.6)

1 (0.3)

 

 15–30 min

73 (11.8)

38 (12.5)

35 (11.1)

 

 30 min–1 h

207 (33.3)

98 (32.1)

109 (34.5)

 

 1 h–2 h

203 (32.7)

99 (32.5)

104 (32.9)

 

 ≥ 2 h

128 (20.6)

63 (20.7)

65 (20.6)

 

 Unknown

4 (0.6)

2 (0.7)

2 (0.6)

0.648

Level of caregiver’s worrisome

 Not worried at all

7 (1.1)

2 (0.7)

5 (1.6)

 

 A little worried

125 (20.1)

71 (23.3)

54 (17.1)

 

 Very worried

276 (44.4)

137 (44.9)

139 (44.0)

 

 Extremely worried

213 (34.3)

95 (31.1)

118 (37.3)

0.116