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Table 2 Category-specific and overall intra-rater reliability coefficients

From: Examining intra-rater and inter-rater response agreement: A medical chart abstraction study of a community-based asthma care program

 

Percentage agreement

Kappa

Category (number of items)

Category %

% range across items

Category κ

95% CI

κ range across items

1. Physical assessment (8)

94

91–98

0.84

(0.81–0.87)

0.72–0.90

2. Asthma control (7)

92

85–95

0.83

(0.80–0.86)

0.60–0.88

3. Spirometry (6)

95

91–97

0.84

(0.80–0.86)

0.78–0.94

4. Asthma education (8)

91

78–95

0.72

(0.68–0.76)

0.55–0.82

5. Asthma referrals (3)

94

92–93

0.59

(0.46–0.71)

0.44–0.65

6. Medications (1)

94

94

0.51

(0.27–0.75)

0.51

Overall

93

 

0.81*

(0.80–0.83)

 
  1. * Chi-square test statistic for homogeneity = 47, df = 5, p < 0.0001
  2. Abbreviations: κ kappa statistic, CI confidence interval