TABLE 1.

Intraclass correlation, standard errors of measurement, and limits of agreement of skin barrier measurements (n = 15)

	Baseline						After 2 h
	Mean (SD)	ICC (1) (95% CI)	ICC (1, 2) (95% CI)	Standard error of measurement	Lower limit of agreement	Upper limit of agreement	Mean (SD)	ICC (1) (95% CI)	ICC (1, 2) (95% CI)	Standard error of measurement	Lower limit of agreement	Upper limit of agreement
Skin temperature in °C
Sacrum	28.8 (1.4)	0.95 (0.87 to 0.98)	0.98 (0.93 to 0.99)	0.31	−0.78	0.90	31.8 (0.6)	0.70 (0.32 to 0.89	0.82 (0.48 to 0.94)	0.29	−0.50	1.03
Heel	24.8 (1.6)	0.99 (0.99 to 1.00	0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)	0.11	−0.27	0.34	26.8 (1.5)	0.98 (0.95 to 0.99)	0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)	0.18	−0.35	0.62
Transepidermal water loss in g/m2/h
Sacrum	7.7 (1.7)	0.46 (0.00 to 0.78)	0.63 (0.00 to 0.88)	0.57	0.39	3.53	15.5 (1.5)	0.66 (0.25 to 0.87)	0.79 (0.40 to 0.93)	2.61	−1.75	12.51
Heel	9.9 (3.6)	0.89 (0.71 to 0.96)	0.94 (0.83 to 0.98)	0.99	−1.60	3.81	25.9 (11.3)	0.85 (0.62 to 0.95)	0.92 (0.76 to 0.97)	3.87	−6.90	14.26
Stratum corneum hydration in a.u.
Sacrum	29.2 (8.5)	0.96 (0.89 to 0.99)	0.98 (0.94 to 0.99)	1.74	−4.34	5.19	34.0 (12.3)	0.96 (0.88 to 0.99)	0.98 (0.94 to 0.99)	2.69	−7.69	7.04
Heel	14.7 (8.1)	0.98 (0.93 to 0.99)	0.99 (0.97 to 0.99)	1.27	−3.25	3.71	20.6 (8.4)	0.92 (0.78 to 0.97)	0.96 (0.88 to 0.99)	2.06	−3.67	7.58
Epidermal hydration in a.u.
Sacrum	42.7 (5.1)	0.88 (0.69 to 0.96)	0.94 (0.81 to 0.98)	1.9	−5.08	5.34	45.0 (5.5)	0.86 (0.63 to 0.95)	0.92 (0.78 to 0.97)	2.2	−6.38	5.72
Heel	24.8 (5.3)	0.90 (0.74 to 0.97)	0.95 (0.85 to 0.98)	1.8	−4.97	4.70	29.1 (5.6)	0.87 (0.66 to 0.95)	0.93 (0.79 to 0.98)	2.15	−5.28	6.48
Erythema in a.u.
Sacrum	180.0 (48.8)	0.75 (0.41 to 0.91)	0.86 (0.58 to 0.95)	26.7	−66.49	79.36	241.9 (72.3)	0.96 (0.90 to 0.99)	0.98 (0.95 to 0.99)	14.5	−37.29	42.09
Heel	182.3 (57.4)	0.92 (0.78 to 0.97)	0.96 (0.88 to 0.99)	17.2	−50.49	43.42	240.7 (75.7)	0.92 (0.79 to 0.97)	0.96 (0.88 to 0.99)	22.5	−58.50	64.26