Table 1—

Inter-rater agreement on each component of the canine chronic diagnosis inventory in each phase of the study, with pilot 1 data used to modify the instrument before pilot 2 was conducted.

	Inter-rater agreement				Intrarater agreement
	Pilot 1 raters (N = 16)a		Pilot 2 raters (N = 18)b		Pilot 1 raters (N = 16)a		Pilot 2 raters (N = 18)b
Health condition	κ	P value	κ	P value	κ	P value	κ	P value
Chronic allergic/inflammatory condition	0.36	.06	0.67	.004	0.72	.001	1.00	< .001
Malignant neoplasia	0.25	.09	0.82	< .001	0.59	.001	0.82	< .001
Canine chronic bronchitis	−0.05	.75	1.00	< .001	0.64	.006	0.64	.004
Chronic kidney disease	0.84	< .001	0.61	.005	0.86	< .001	0.77	.001
Canine cognitive dysfunction	−0.07	.73	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001
Congestive heart failure	−0.05	.81	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001
Diabetes mellitus	0.47	< .001	1.00	< .001	0.64	.006	1.00	< .001
Chronic gastrointestinal disease	0.14	.40	0.77	.001	0.62	< .001	0.61	.005
Hyperadrenocorticism	0.50	.005	1.00	< .001	0.86	< .001	0.64	.004
Hypoadrenocorticism	N/A	N/A	1.00	< .001	N/A	N/A	1.00	< .001
Hypothyroidism	0.33	.09	1.00	< .001	0.54	.03	1.00	< .001
Obesity	0.51	.002	0.77	.001	0.74	< .001	0.68	.002
Osteoarthritis	0.20	.13	1.00	< .001	0.81	< .001	1.00	< .001
Periodontal disease	0.18	.21	−0.24	.31	0.78	< .001	0.85	< .001
Seizure condition	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001	1.00	< .001
Recurrent urinary tract infection	0.42	.01	0.87	< .001	0.83	< .001	0.75	.001

N/A = Not applicable.

^aSixteen nonspecialist veterinarians participated in pilot 1.

^bEighteen different nonspecialist veterinarians participated in pilot 2.