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Table 3 Measures of agreement and validity for infant outcomes for prospective data and pregnancy history survey

From: Comparison of pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in a retrospective full pregnancy history survey versus population-based prospective records: a validation study in rural Sarlahi District, Nepal

Pregnancy history survey data

Prospective data

p value

Live birth that survived to 28 days

Stillbirth

Live birth followed by neonatal death

Difference in pregnancy outcome dates between data sources (n = 202)

  

 ≤ 30 days (n = 62)

43 (25.0)

9 (31.0)

10 (20.0)

 

 > 30- < 100 days (n = 16)

6 (4.9)

4 (13.8)

6 (0.1)

 

 ≥ 100 days (n = 124)

74 (60.2)

16 (55.2)

34 (0.7)

 

Sex match (n = 62)*+

    

 Match

43 (100.0)

3 (75.0)

9 (100.0)

 

 Not match

0 (0.0)

1 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

0.071

Validity outcome data (n = 62)*

    

 Live birth, survived > 28 days

43 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Stillbirth

0 (0.0)

5 (55.6)

1 (10.0)

 

 Neonatal death

0 (0.0)

4 (44.4)

9 (90.0)

0.001

Validity measures (n = 62)*~

    

 Sensitivity (%)

100.0

55.6

90.0

 

 Specificity (%)

100.0

98.1

92.3

 

 Positive predictive value (%)

100.0

83.3

69.2

 

 Negative predictive value (%)

100.0

92.9

98.0

 

 Proportion correctly classified (%)

100.0

91.9

91.9

 
  1. p < 0.05 are shown in bold
  2. *For date matches ± 1 month
  3. +Six newborns had no sex reported in the pregnancy history survey (3 boys, 3 girls)
  4. ~For each outcome group versus the other two groups