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Table 2 Concordance of Patient Responses with Medical Chart Data when Examining Diagnostic Parameters of Disease, Shanghai, China, 2002-2006.

From: Concordance of self-reported and medical chart information on cancer diagnosis and treatment

Disease characteristic

Number of observations

aAgreement (%)

Kappa

Sensitivity % (95% CI)

Specificity % (95% CI)

Diagnosing hospital

4,943

98.7

0.990

-

-

Did you receive an operation? (Yes/No)

4,948

99.4

0.900b

100.0 (99.9-100.0)

3.2 (0.1-16.7)

Type of surgery conducted

4,917

94.0

0.530

-

-

ER/PR c status

3,637

94.5

0.910

-

-

Tumor position

4,948

98.2

0.970

-

-

  1. a Percentage of women reporting the exact same response for a given question across both surveys.
  2. b Prevalence- and bias-adjusted Kappa.
  3. c ER: Estrogen receptor; PR: Progesterone receptor