Table 3. Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of APPRAISE-AI Items, Domains, and Overall Score Determined by ICCs.
Variable | ICC (95% CI)a | |
---|---|---|
Interrater reliability | Intrarater reliability | |
Item | ||
Title | 0.76 (0.61-0.86) | 0.76 (0.62-0.85) |
Background | 0.77 (0.64-0.86) | 0.77 (0.64-0.86) |
Objective and problem | 0.74 (0.59-0.84) | 0.74 (0.59-0.84) |
Source of data | 0.90 (0.80-0.95) | 0.99 (0.98-0.99) |
Eligibility criteria | 0.77 (0.54-0.87) | 0.90 (0.84-0.94) |
Ground truth | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Data abstraction, cleaning, preparation | 0.80 (0.67-0.88) | 0.98 (0.97-0.99) |
Data splitting | 0.75 (0.61-0.84) | 1.00 |
Sample size calculation | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Baseline | 0.83 (0.72-0.89) | 0.97 (0.95-0.98) |
Model description | 0.77 (0.63-0.86) | 0.94 (0.90-0.97) |
Hyperparameter tuning | 0.76 (0.62-0.85) | 0.96 (0.92-0.98) |
Cohort characteristics | 0.80 (0.68-0.88) | 0.98 (0.96-0.99) |
Model specification | 0.81 (0.69-0.88) | 0.90 (0.84-0.94) |
Model evaluation | 0.79 (0.66-0.87) | 0.96 (0.94-0.98) |
Clinical utility assessment | 0.78 (0.63-0.87) | 0.95 (0.91-0.97) |
Bias assessment | 0.79 (0.62-0.89) | 0.96 (0.94-0.98) |
Error analysis | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Model explanation | 0.82 (0.71-0.89) | 0.96 (0.94-0.98) |
Critical analysis | 0.84 (0.74-0.90) | 1.00 |
Implementation into clinical practice | 0.77 (0.64-0.86) | 0.92 (0.87-0.95) |
Limitations | 0.79 (0.67-0.87) | 1.00 |
Disclosures | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Transparency | 0.95 (0.92-0.97) | 0.99 (0.99-1.00) |
Domain | ||
Clinical relevance | 0.83 (0.70-0.90) | 0.89 (0.80-0.94) |
Data quality | 0.82 (0.70-0.89) | 0.97 (0.95-0.98) |
Methodological conduct | 0.85 (0.75-0.91) | 0.98 (0.97-0.99) |
Robustness of results | 0.81 (0.63-0.90) | 0.94 (0.90-0.96) |
Reporting quality | 0.86 (0.78-0.92) | 0.99 (0.99-1.00) |
Reproducibility | 0.92 (0.86-0.95) | 0.99 (0.98-1.00) |
Overall score | 0.91 (0.85-0.95) | 0.98 (0.96-0.99) |
Abbreviation: ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient.
ICCs were calculated with 2-way random effects, absolute agreement, and single measurement.