Multiple Aspects of Expanding the Accuracy of Axillary Temperature Measurement Methods : Table 2

Table 2: Mean Observed Axillary Temperatures Before and After Intervention.
n = 84 (Participants who completed the two axillary temperature measurements, same as “n = 84b” in Figure 1).
^aIntervention of watching the educational video.
^bMeans of observed axillary temperatures.
^cMeans of standard deviations of observed axillary temperatures.
^dCalculates the difference between “Before” and “After” data.
^eAssociation between the means “After” and “Before”.

Thermometer angle/30º to 45º			Before intervention^a		After intervention		Difference in mean^d	P value^e
Before intervention	After intervention	n	mean (°C)^b	Mean SD^c	Mean (°C)	Mean SD	Difference in mean^d	P value^e
Correct	Incorrect	5	35.90	0.31	36.09	0.16	0.19	.33
Incorrect	Correct	16	36.01	0.26	36.16	0.16	0.16	.07
Correct	Correct	55	36.10	0.26	36.19	0.16	0.09	.01
Incorrect	Incorrect	8	36.08	0.24	36.23	0.24	0.15	.21
Total		84	36.07	0.27	36.18	0.21	0.11	.00