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Table 6 Survey 1 results of average ratings of appropriateness of CLD observation

From: Development of a proxy-reported pulmonary outcome scale for preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Observation domain

MDs

(n = 10)

RNs/NPs

(n = 19)

Specialists

(n = 6)

Alertness, mean (SD)

4 (2.03)

5 (2.29)

5 (2.48)

Tone:

   

back/trunk

4 (2.12)

5 (2.03)

6 (2.77)

upper body

3 (1.77)

6 (2.02)*

6 (2.34)*

lower body

3 (1.81)

5 (1.76)*

4 (2.07)

Eyes

4 (2.20)

6 (1.97)

6 (2.51)

Eyebrows

4 (2.10)

6 (2.06)

6 (2.25)

Feeding cues:

   

opens mouth

4 (1.98)

7 (1.46)*

6 (2.86)*

drops tongue

4 (1.81)

7 (1.73)*

6 (2.83)

position

5 (2.20)

7 (1.83)

6 (2.93)

Desaturation

8 (1.90)

8 (1.00)

8 (0.84)

Tachypnea:

   

over baseline

8 (1.57)

8 (0.94)

9 (0.55)

time to recover

8 (1.51)

8 (0.61)

9 (0.55)

Retractions

8 (1.81)

8 (0.97)

9 (0.55)

Heart rate

6 (1.72)

7 (1.09)

7 (1.50)

  1. *p < 0.05 vs MD responses (ANOVA with post-hoc analysis using the Student-Newman-Keuls all pairwise multiple comparison procedure)