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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2020 Jul 16;146(2):e20200130. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0130

Table 4.

Effects of an Educational Intervention on Parental Preferences, n=306

If your child were hospitalized for bronchiolitis again and no longer needed oxygen support, how often do you think the pulse oximeter should measure your child’s oxygen level?
Intervention, n (%) Control, n (%)
     Continuously 31 (20.4) 60 (40.0)
Fisher’s exact p<0.001
If your child were hospitalized for bronchiolitis again and no longer needed oxygen support, how comfortable would you be if your doctor recommended only checking an oxygen level in your child every four hours?
Intervention, n (%) Control, n (%)
     Not At All/Not Very Comfortable 22 (14.5) 41 (26.6)
Fisher’s exact p=0.009
If I could, I would want a home machine to check oxygen levels of my child after discharge from the hospital.
Intervention, n (%) Control, n (%)
     Strongly Disagree/Disagree 49 (32.2) 27 (17.5)
Fisher’s exact p=0.003
Even if I knew it might lead to a longer hospital stay, I would prefer continuous pulse oximetry monitoring at all times.
Intervention, n (%) Control, n (%)
     Strongly Disagree/Disagree 64 (42.1) 27 (17.5)
Fisher’s Exact p<0.001
There is no harm to checking the oxygen level continuously.
Intervention, n (%) Control, n (%)
     Strongly Disagree/Disagree 15 (9.9) 17 (11.0)
Fisher’s exact p=0.74