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. 2012 Jul 17;24(5):470–475. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs040

Table 1.

Scale level results of the patient rater evaluations

Analysis results by language (n= 68)
With demographic question scores removed
Language Scale CVI with chance correction (k)a Overall rating Scale CVI with chance correction (k) Overall rating
Dutch (Belgium) 0.89 Excellent 0.95 Excellent
Finnish 0.83 Excellent 0.86 Excellent
French (Belgium) 0.91 Excellent 0.91 Excellent
French (Switzerland) 0.75 Excellent 0.82 Excellent
German (Switzerland) 0.63 Good 0.68 Good
Greek 1.00 Excellent 0.99 Excellent
Italian (Switzerland) 0.65 Good 0.63 Good
Polish 0.74 Excellent 0.86 Excellent

aCVI with chance correction formula by Polit et al. [33] that produces a modified kappa score using the rating scale described by Cicchetti and Sparrow [34] and Fleiss [35]: 0.59 or less = poor; 0.60 to 0.73 = good; ≥ 0.74 = excellent.