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Table 6 Cohen’s weighted kappa with quadratic weighting for baseline items in descending order

From: Reliability and validity of the Patient Benefit Assessment Scale for Hospitalised Older Patients (P-BAS HOP)

Item

Overall reliability (n = 50–53)

Intra-rater reliability (n = 19–20)

Inter-rater reliability (n = 31–33)

%a

Weighted Kappa (95% CI)

Kmax

K/ Kmax

%a

Weighted Kappa (95% CI)

Kmax

K/ Kmax

%a

Weighted Kappa (95% CI)

Kmax

K/ Kmax

Bowel movement

88.68

0.66 (0.37;0.96)

0.95

0.70

95.00

0.85 (0.51;1)

0.85

1

84.85

0.58 (0.21;0.95)

0.86

0.68

Walking

64.00

0.63 (0.46;0.81)

0.95

0.61

78.95

0.84 (0.72;0.97)

0.87

0.97

54.84

0.49 (0.23;0.75)

0.84

0.58

Gardening

84.91

0.55 (0.26;0.84)

0.68

0.81

85.00

0.74 (0.41;1)

nc

nc

84.85

0.39 (0.05;0.74)

0.66

0.60

Shortness of breath

60.38

0.54 (0.33;0.75)

0.97

0.56

60.00

0.56 (0.24;0.88)

0.97

0.58

60.61

0.53 (0.26;0.80)

0.91

0.58

Independence

80.77

0.54 (0.28;0.79)

0.96

0.56

85.00

0.74 (0.48;0.99)

nc

nc

78.13

0.44 (0.11;0.77)

0.86

0.51

Pain

66.04

0.52 (0.32;0.72)

0.95

0.55

75.00

0.56 (0.24;0.88)

0.83

0.67

60.61

0.49 (0.24;0.74)

0.76

0.64

Sports

75.47

0.51 (0.25;0.76)

0.75

0.68

80.00

0.65 (0.30;0.99)

0.96

0.67

72.73

0.38 (0.10;0.66)

nc

nc

Knowing what is wrong

67.92

0.48 (0.26;0.70)

0.95

0.50

60.00

0.30 (0;0.68)

0.97

0.31

72.73

0.58 (0.33;0.83)

0.88

0.66

Energy

54.72

0.43 (0.21;0.66)

0.94

0.46

65.00

0.62 (0.30;0.86)

0.62

1

48.48

0.35 (0.09;0.61)

0.64

0.55

Controlling disease

59.62

0.42 (0.21;0.63)

0.78

0.54

60.00

0.50 (0.20;0.80)

0.62

0.80

59.38

0.38 (0.11;0.66)

0.95

0.40

Groceries

77.36

0.40 (0.14;0.66)

0.95

0.42

90.00

0.85 (nc)

0.85

1

69.70

0.28 (0;0.57)

0.94

0.30

Hobbies

76.92

0.30 (0.03;0.57)

0.95

0.31

70.00

0.34 (0;0.74)

0.94

0.36

81.25

0.27 (0;0.62)

0.70

0.38

Visiting

75.47

0.29 (0.05;0.53)

0.96

0.30

75.00

0.47 (0.09;0.85)

0.86

0.55

75.76

0.14 (0;0.28)

0.95

0.14

Outings

67.31

0.28 (0.09;0.48)

0.74

0.38

70.00

0.44 (0.13;0.74)

0.44

1

65.63

0.21 (0;0.43)

0.99

0.21

Alive

62.26

0.28 (0.06;0.50)

0.91

0.31

75.00

0.45 (0.09;0.80)

0.72

0.63

54.55

0.16 (0;0.43)

0.99

0.16

Appetite

75.00

0.25 (0.07;0.43)

0.66

0.38

73.68

nc

nc

nc

75.76

0.46 (0;0.93)

0.72

0.65

Washing and dressing

73.08

0.25 (0.02;0.48)

0.96

0.26

70.00

0.29 (0;0.61)

0.72

0.40

75.00

0.23 (0;0.53)

0.83

0.28

Enjoying life

65.38

0.17 (0;0.38)

0.75

0.23

85.00

0.65 (0.34;0.97)

0.65

1

53.13

−0.12 (−0.39;0.14)

0.85

−0.14

Better

60.38

0.14 (0.01;0.27)

0.60

0.23

75.00

0.62 (0.23;1)

0.84

0.74

51.52

−0.16 (nc)

0.52

−0.31

Driving

83.02

0.05 (nc)

0.87

0.05

95.00

0.44 (0;1)

0.44

1

75.76

−0.08 (nc)

0.62

−0.14

Home

94.23

nc

nc

nc

95.00

nc

nc

nc

93.75

nc

nc

nc

Extra

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

nc

Mean

72.04

0.38

0.86

0.44

77.03

0.58

0.77

0.75

69.00

0.30

0.81

0.35

  1. a% = percentage of agreement, K = kappa Kmax = maximum attainable weighted kappa CI = Confidence interval nc = not calculated