Table 4 |
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Inter-rater reliability of the NRS, BPS, and Ramsay Scale |
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Agreement between |
Exact agreement |
Agreement within 1 scale point |
Kappa (CI) |
Number |
|
|
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All patients |
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NRS |
59% |
94% |
0.71 (0.61–0.81) |
113 |
|
BPS |
80% |
100% |
0.67 (0.54–0.80) |
57 |
|
Ramsay Scale |
91% |
100% |
0.66 (0.36–0.97) |
44 |
|
Non-ventilated patients |
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|
NRS |
66% |
95% |
0.63 (0.45–0.82) |
56 |
|
Volume-controlled ventilated patients |
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|
NRS |
56% |
94% |
0.64 (0.48–0.81) |
36 |
|
BPS |
81% |
100% |
0.59 (0.36–0.82) |
36 |
|
Pressure-support ventilated patients |
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|
NRS |
48% |
90% |
0.80 (0.68–0.93) |
21 |
|
BPS |
81% |
100% |
0.76 (0.62–0.90) |
21 |
|
Cardiothoracic patients |
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|
NRS |
60% |
94% |
0.65 (0.53–0.77) |
83 |
|
Non-cardiothoracic patients |
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|
NRS |
57% |
93% |
0.80 (0.65–0.93) |
30 |
|
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BPS, Behavioral Pain Scale; CI, confidence interval; NRS, Numerical Rating Scale. |
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Ahlers et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R15 doi:10.1186/cc6789 |
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