Table 3.

Agreement between acute respiratory infection type and parent ranking of categorised outcomes (n=110)

Type of acute respiratory infection	Spearman correlation coefficient*
Bronchiolitis	0.94
Croup	0.75
Strep throat/Tonsillitis	0.66
Sinusitis	0.87
Wheezing	0.76
Influenza	0.66
Pneumonia	0.85
Asthma	0.67
Other	0.50

*0–0.2: poor/slight agreement; 0.2–0.4: fair agreement; 0.4–0.6: moderate agreement; 0.6–0.8: substantial agreement; 0.8–1: near-perfect agreement.