Skip to main content

Table 2 Intermethod agreement between ultrasound examinations and digital palpations

From: Agreement between transperineal ultrasound measurements and digital examinations of cervical dilatation during labor

Cervix dilatation (cm)

 

Difference between the 2 methods (cm)

Mean

Median

Range

Inter-CC (95 % CI)

Mean

95 % CI of mean

1.96 SD

Lower limit

Upper limit

95 % CI of lower limit

95 % CI of upper limit

Range

4.24

4.65

0.68 to 8.45

0.83 (0.72–0.90)

0.91

0.47 to 1.34

3.25

−2.34

4.16

−3.07 to −1.61

3.43 to 4.89

−3.2 to 6.17

  1. Mean, median and range for cervix dilatation are calculated from the mean of the 2 methods
  2. Inter-CC interclass correlation coefficient, SD standard deviation