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Table 4 Association of parents’ DOW with assessment at hospital within 48 h

From: Video triage in calls concerning children with fever at an out-of-hours medical helpline: a prospective quality improvement study

 

n

OR (95% CI)

p value*

DOW before call

All parents

   

 Low

51

1.0 (ref.)

0.06

 Medium

121

1.25 (0.64–2.43)

 High

148

1.98 (1.03–3.79)

Video triage group

   

 Low

18

1.0 (ref.)

0.48

 Medium

64

1.15 (0.39–3.34)

 High

89

1.61 (0.57–4.52)

Telephone triage group

   

Low

33

1.0 (ref.)

0.05

Medium

57

1.39 (0.58–3.31)

High

59

2.78 (1.16–6.70)

DOW after call

All parents

   

 Low

196

1.0 (ref.)

 < 0.001

 Medium

89

4.63 (2.69–7.95)

 

 High

35

12.09 (4.48–32.60)

 

Video triage group

   

 Low

96

1.0 (ref.)

 < 0.001

 Medium

58

4.50 (2.24–9.03)

 

 High

17

19.17 (4.11–89.50)

 

Telephone triage group

   

 Low

100

1.0 (ref.)

 < 0.001

 Medium

31

6.80 (2.56–18.08)

 

 High

18

8.16 (2.22–30.04)

 
  1. Bold numberes denoted the significant findings
  2. DOW degree-of-worry; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval; ref. reference
  3. *Logistic regression