Table 2.
Temperature values measured with various thermometers.
| Contact Thermometers [°C] | Noncontact Thermometers [°C] | P2 Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | T1 Mercury Thermometer |
T2 Mercury-Free Thermometer |
T3 Electronic Thermometer |
T4 IR Thermometer |
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| Average | 36.2 | 36.3 | 36.2 | 36.0 | T1 vs. T2 p = 0.091 T1 vs. T3 p = 0.806 T1 vs. T4 p = 0.004 |
| SD | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
| Median | 36.2 | 36.4 | 36.3 | 36.0 | |
| Range | 34.0–38.0 | 35.0–37.2 | 34.5–37.5 | 34.4–37.6 | T2 vs. T3 p = 0.053 T2 vs. T4 p < 0001 T3 vs. T4 p = 0.009 |
| P1 value | p = 0.001 | ||||
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P3
ICC value |
p (T1, T2, T3, T4) ≤ 0.001 ICC = 0.708 −95% CI for ICC +95% CI for ICC |
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P1—ANOVA, test. P2—post hoc RIR Tukey test, P3—ICC test.