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. 2021 Nov 5;107(6):558–564. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322344

Table 2.

Results from Bland-Altman analysis for EarlySense investigational device versus Masimo Rad-97 reference device heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) measurements

Open label Closed-label round 1 Closed-label round 2 Closed-label round 3
EarlySense HR compared with Masimo Rad-97 HR
Mean Masimo Rad-97 HR 132.3 128.2 139.1 130.2
Normalised bias (95% CI) −0.5%
(−1.2% to 0.2%)
−1.2%
(−1.8% to −0.7%)
−0.4%
(−1.1% to 0.3%)
−0.6%
(−0.9% to −0.4%)
Normalised spread between 95% LOA (upper and lower 95% LOA) 19.7%
(−10.4% to 9.4%)
15.3%
(−8.9% to 6.4%)
20.1%
(−10.5% to 9.7%)
6.2%
(−3.7% to 2.5%)
Normalised RMSD 5.0% 4.1% 5.1% 1.7%
EarlySense RR compared with Masimo Rad-97 RR manual count
Mean Masimo Rad-97 RR 48.0 51.7 54.2 48.5
Normalised bias (95% CI) 3.0%
(1.4% to 4.6%)
0.3%
(−1.0% to 1.7%)
2.5%
(1.6% to 3.4%)
3.3%
(2.4% to 4.3%)
Normalised spread between 95% LOA (upper and lower 95% LOA) 45.3%
(−19.7% to 25.6%)
37.6%
(−18.4% to 19.1%)
24.8%
(−9.9% to 14.9%)
27.3%
(−10.4% to 17.0%)
Normalised RMSD 11.9% 9.6% 6.8% 7.7%
EarlySense RR compared with Masimo Rad-97 RR median
Mean Masimo Rad-97 RR 50.3 53.5 56.4 50.7
Normalised bias (95% CI) −1.9%
(−3.4% to −0.4%)
−3.1%
(−4.4% to −1.8%)
−1.5%
(−2.2% to −0.8%)
−1.2%
(−1.9% to − 0.5%)
Normalised spread between 95% LOA (upper and lower 95% LOA) 41.6%
(−22.7% to 18.9%)
35.9%
(−21.1% to 14.9%)
19.2%
(−11.1% to 8.2%)
19.8%
(−11.1% to 8.7%)
Normalised RMSD 10.8% 9.7% 5.1% 5.2%

LOA, limits of agreement; RMSD, root-mean-square deviation.