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. 2013 Jan 28;65(1):46–55. doi: 10.3138/ptc.2011-56

Table 3.

Results of Inter-examiner Agreement on Diagnostic Categories

Rotator cuff pathology Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 80 (a) 4 (b)
No 2 (c) 14 (d)
κ=0.79 (p<0.001, 95% CI, 0.62–0.95), PA=94%, BI=0.02, PI=0.66, PABAK=0.88
Biceps pathology Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 7 (a) 4 (b)
No 3 (c) 86 (d)
κ=0.63 (p<0.001, 95% CI, 0.37–0.88), PA=93%, BI=0.01, PI=0.70, PABAK=0.86
Osteoarthritis GH Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 15 (a) 10 (b)
No 3 (c) 72 (d)
κ=0.62 (p<0.001, 95% CI, 0.43–0.80, PA=0.87%, BI=0.07, PI=0.57, PABAK=0.74
Osteoarthritis AC Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 44 (a) 13 (b)
No 3 (c) 40 (d)
κ=0.68 (p<0.0001, 95% CI, 0.54–0.82), PA=84%, BI=0.1, PI=0.04, PABAK=0.68
Instability Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 11 (a) 0 (b)
No 3 (c) 86 (d)
κ=0.86 (p<0.001, 95% CI, 0.71–1.00), PA=97%, BI=0.03, PI=0.75, PABAK=0.94
Inflammatory conditions Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 2 (a) 0 (b)
No 2 (c) 96 (d)
κ=0.67 (p<0.001, 95% CI, 0.22–1.00), PA=98%, BI=0.02, PI=0.94, PABAK=0.96
Superior labral pathologies Surgeon
Yes No
Physiotherapist Yes 4 (a) 3 (b)
No 1 (c) 92 (d)
κ=0.65 (p<0.001, 95% CI, 0.32–0.97), PA=96%, BI=0.02, PI=0.88, PABAK=0.92

BI=Bias index=(|bc|/n); PI=Prevalence index (|ad|/n); PABAK=(2 po−1), po=observed agreement=(a+d)/n.