Evaluation of Paediatric Critical Care Needs and Practice in Nigeria: Paediatric Residents’ Perspective

Table 3

Participant’s agreement with description of critical illnesses seen in the preceding 3 weeks.

Description of critical illnesses	Agreement levels
	Mean scores	SD	Interpretation
They are mainly infectious	2.92	1.06	Agree
They are potentially reversible disorders	3.15	0.64	Agree
Late presentation is common	3.51	0.85	Agree
They are metabolic disorders	2.36	0.79	Disagree
They are mainly congenital/genetic disorders	2.06	0.85	Disagree
Likely to survive with intensive care services	3.19	0.79	Agree

Reliability rating: Cronbach’s alpha = 0.68.