Clinical Accuracy and Reliability of Infrared Tympanic Thermometer in an Adult Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Fever

• Registration Number: NCT02937129
• Lead Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Brief Summary

The primary aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of an infrared thermometer compared to the gold standard, mercury-in-glass thermometer. The secondary aim was to compare tympanic and axillary temperature measurements by evaluating agreement and correlation to determine whether an infrared tympanic thermometer can replace an axillary mercury thermometer in the emergency department.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2015-12
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-15
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-18
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Above 37.5°C measured by axillary mercury thermometer

Exclusion Criteria

1. otitis external/media
2. soft-tissue infection over the axillary fossa and forehead
3. complete occlusion by earwax
4. severe illness
5. trauma

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The body temperatures of fever patients measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer	up to 5 months	1. Fever patients were measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer in the emergency department.; 2. Their tympanic temperatures were obtained from both sides of the body three times.; 3. Use statistical methods to evaluate the relevance and consistency between the tympanic temperatures and gold standard temperatures(measured by the glass mercury thermometer).