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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2016 Nov 10;54(7):741–753. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2016.1258081

Table 2.

Description of raters and scores

Before Treatment
All PRAM AAIRS PI PASS CAS
N (range) 101
(1–11)		 102
(1–15)		 98
(0–11)		 102
(0–6)		 97
(1–9)
Frequency Mean (SD)
All Raters 108 5.92
(2.42)		 8.45
(3.41)		 6.17
(2.13)		 2.73
(1.44)		 5.65
(1.84)
Nurse 30 5.75
(2.44)		 8.04
(3.54)		 5.71
(2.07)		 2.50
(1.30)		 5.75
(1.94)
MD 35 6.28
(2.67)		 8.64
(3.77)		 6.38
(2.09)		 2.83
(1.40)		 5.77
(2.00)
NP 4 5.00
(1.83)		 7.75
(2.99)		 4.50
(1.29)		 2.00
(2.16)		 4.00
(0.82)
RT 39 5.84
(2.27)		 8.66
(3.11)		 6.47
(2.20)		 2.86
(1.51)		 5.66
(1.70)
After Treatment
All PRAM AAIRS PI PASS CAS
N (range) 89
(0–9)		 90
(0–13)		 88
(0–9)		 91
(0–4)		 93
(0–9)
Frequency Mean (SD)
All Raters 95 2.64
(2.42)		 4.17
(3.15)		 3.59
(2.24)		 0.63
(1.08)		 3.00
(2.12)
Nurse 24 2.90
(2.49)		 4.29
(3.18)		 3.62
(2.27)		 0.59
(0.96)		 3.38
(2.00)
MD 30 2.64
(2.66)		 3.76
(3.50)		 3.74
(2.19)		 0.76
(1.18)		 2.93
(2.42)
NP 3 1.33
(1.15)		 1.33
(1.15)		 0.67
(1.15)		 0.00
(0.00)		 1.00
(0.00)
RT 38 2.59
(2.29)		 4.65
(2.88)		 3.70
(2.22)		 0.59
(1.11)		 2.97
(1.98)
Pooled Before and After Treatment
All PRAM AAIRS PI PASS CAS
N (range) 190
(0–11)		 192
(0–15)		 186
(0–11)		 193
(0–6)		 190
(0–9)
Effect Size −1.36 −1.26 −1.21 −1.46 −1.44
Frequency Mean (SD)
All Raters 203 4.38
(2.92)		 6.44
(3.92)		 4.95
(2.53)		 1.74
(1.66)		 4.35
(2.38)
Nurse 54 4.53
(2.82)		 6.40
(3.84)		 4.73
(2.39)		 1.63
(1.50)		 4.56
(2.29)
MD 65 4.58
(3.21)		 6.35
(4.37)		 5.17
(2.50)		 1.89
(1.66)		 4.38
(2.62)
NP 7 3.43
(2.44)		 5.00
(4.08)		 2.86
(2.34)		 1.14
(1.86)		 2.71
(1.70)
RT 77 4.22
(2.79)		 6.68
(3.60)		 5.11
(2.60)		 1.73
(1.75)		 4.35
(2.27)

PRAM = Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure; AAIRS = Acute Asthma Intensity Research Score; PASS = Pediatric Asthma Severity Score, PI = Pulmonary Index (PI); CAS = Clinical Asthma Score