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Table 1 Inter-rater agreement, evaluated as a percentage agreement, and as a kappa value or ICC, for the 39 items common to the SRQ and CEF used in the statistical comparison; class sizes are provided and items are grouped by sections

From: Convergence of patient- and physician-reported outcomes in the French National Registry of Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy

Section

Item

n

PA (%)

Kappa [95% CI]

ICC [95 % CI]

Diagnosis

Age at first symptom

236

0.81 [0.76–0.85]

 

First symptom

255

0.68

0.52 [0.44–0.60]

 

Family history

266

0.90

0.79 [0.72–0.87]

 

Molecular diagnosis lab

253

0.97

0.94 [0.90–0.98]

 

Age at molecular diagnosis

236

0.97 [0.96–0.98]

 

Number of repeats

219

0.98 [0.97–0.98]

 

EcoRI fragment length

8

1.00 [ – ]*

Demographics

Marital status

270

0.93

0.89 [0.84–0.93]

 

Professional status

272

0.89

0.84 [0.79–0.89]

 

Height

271

0.99 [0.99–0.99]

 

Weight

266

0.99 [0.99–0.99]

 

Dominant side

268

0.96

0.84 [0.75–0.93]

Care

Scapula surgery

276

0.97

0.76 [0.61–0.92]

 

Use of cane

281

0.93

0.77 [0.67–0.86]

 

Use of walker

281

0.98

0.87 [0.77–0.96]

 

Use of manual wheelchair

281

0.92

0.63 [0.49–0.77]

 

Use of electric wheelchair

281

0.93

0.71 [0.58–0.83]

 

Respiratory assistance

19

1.00

1.00 [1.00–1.00]

 

Eye surgery

40

0.88

0.74 [0.54–0.95]

 

Hearing device

30

0.87

0.71 [0.46–0.97]

Muscle function

Brooke scale

254

0.66 [0.58–0.72]

 

Vignos scale

250

0.86 [0.82–0.89]

 

Visual Analog Pain Score (VAPS)

191

0.61 [0.51–0.69]

 

Muscular pain

270

0.89

0.65 [0.53–0.76]

 

Difficulties to sit up

263

0.80

0.49 [0.37–0.61]

 

Scapular winging

241

0.86

0.22 [0.06–0.38]

 

Ability to whistle

271

0.55

0.17 [0.10–0.25]

 

Difficulties in closing eyes

272

0.46

0.16 [0.10–0.21]

Heart

Palpitations

281

0.74

0.14 [0.04–0.23]

 

Syncope

281

0.92

0.14 [-0.04–0.32]

 

Vertigo

281

0.77

0.00 [0.00–0.00]

 

Retrosternal pain

281

0.81

0.02 [-0.05–0.08]

Respiratory

Exertional dyspnea

281

0.71

0.32 [0.21–0.43]

 

Dyspnea at rest

281

0.92

0.28 [0.06–0.49]

 

Orthopnea

281

0.94

0.24 [0.01–0.47]

 

Excessive daytime sleepiness

281

0.79

0.02 [-0.07–0.12]

 

Morning headaches

281

0.88

0.26 [0.10–0.42]

GI tract

Dysphagia

281

0.85

0.32 [0.16–0.47]

 

Pulmonary aspiration

281

0.85

0.41 [0.27–0.55]

  1. n number of observations, PA percentage of agreement, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidence interval, VAPS visual analog pain scale
  2. * CI not computed because the number of observations was too small