Table 4 Measurement of the agreement between the evaluations of three doctors assessing the Baseline status one last hour before delivery in the studied infants

BASELINE

40 to 60 min before delivery

Doctor 1 - Doctor 2

0.848

< 0.0001

Doctor 2 - Doctor 3

0.862

< 0.0001

Doctor 1 - Doctor 3

0.869

< 0.0001

20 to 40 min before delivery

Doctor 1 - Doctor 2

0.941

< 0.0001

Doctor 2 - Doctor 3

0.842

< 0.0001

Doctor 1 - Doctor 3

0.945

< 0.0001

0 to 20 min before delivery

Doctor 1 - Doctor 2

0.875 ǂ

< 0.0001

Doctor 2 - Doctor 3

0.840 ǂ

< 0.0001

Doctor 1 - Doctor 3

0.845 ǂ

< 0.0001

Variable

Kramer’s coefficient v

P - value

VARIABILITY

40 to 60 min before delivery

0.274

< 0.0001

20 to 40 min before delivery

0.041

0.867

0 to 20 min before delivery

0.230

< 0.0001

ACCEIERATION

40 to 60 min before delivery

0.421

< 0.0001

20 to 40 min before delivery

0.121

0.285

0 to 20 min before delivery

0.430

< 0.0001

DECELERATION

40 to 60 min before delivery

0.561

< 0.0001

20 to 40 min before delivery

0.005

0.998

0 to 20 min before delivery

0.409

< 0.0001

TYPE OF DECELERATION

40 to 60 min before delivery

0.440

< 0.0001

20 to 40 min before delivery

0.197

0.207

0 to 20 min before delivery

0.406

< 0.0001

CATEGORY

40 to 60 min before delivery

0.407

< 0.0001

20 to 40 min before delivery

0.052

0.923

0 to 20 min before delivery

0.330

< 0.0001