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. 2006 Sep 4;6:13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-6-13

Table 3.

Concordance and validity indexes between patients' baseline functional data obtained from physicians and those obtained from respondents, according to each ADL items.

Kappa coefficient (95% CI) Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) Specificity (%) (95% CI) Positive predictive value (%) (95% CI) Negative predictive value (%) (95% CI)
Katz (n = 90) 0.47 (0.38–0.57)
Bathing (n = 97) 0.34 (0.14–0.54) 69.8 (56.0–83.5) 64.8 (52.1–77.6) 61.2 (47.6–74.9) 72.9 (60.3–85.5)
Dressing (n = 96) 0.42 (0.24–0.60) 87.5 (74.3–100) 66.7 (55.8–77.6) 46.7 (32.1–61.2) 94.1 (87.7–100)
Toileting (n = 96) 0.39 (0.20–0.58) 71.4 (54.7–88.2) 72.1 (61.4–82.7) 51.3 (35.6–67.0) 86.0 (77.0–95.0)
Transfer from bed to chair (n = 93) 0.32 (0.12–0.52) 64.0 (45.2–82.8) 72.1 (61.4–82.7) 45.7 (29.2–62.2) 84.5 (75.2–93.8)
Continence (n = 94) 0.28 (0.08–0.48) 61.5 (48.3–74.8) 66.7 (52.4–80.9) 69.6 (56.3–82.9) 58.3 (44.4–72.3)
Feeding (n = 95) 0.29 (0.10–0.48) 50.0 (15.4–84.7) 88.5 (81.8–95.2) 28.6 (4.9–52.2) 95.1 (90.3–99.8)
Walking (n = 92) 0.34 (0.14–0.55) 64.7 (48.6–80.8) 70.7 (59.0–82.4) 56.4 (40.9–72.0) 77.4 (66.1–88.6)