Table 4.
Agreement among blinded observers for each item and total and partial pain scores – video analysis
Items |
Agreement among blinded observers |
|
---|---|---|
All assessment times | T2 separately | |
Posture |
0.94 (0.92 - 0.98) |
0.86 (0.78 - 0.92) |
Comfort |
0.92 (0.89 - 0.94) |
0.61 (0.46 - 0.76) |
Activity |
0.86 (0.82 - 0.89) |
0.57 (0.41 - 0.73) |
Attitude |
0.91 (0.88 - 0.93) |
0.66 (0.52 - 0.79) |
Miscellaneous behaviors |
0.94 (0.92 - 0.95) |
0.73 (0.60 - 0.84) |
Reaction to palpation of surgical wound |
0.92 (0.90 - 0.94) |
0.81 (0.71 - 0.89) |
Reaction to palpation of abdomen/flank |
0.89 (0.87 - 0.92) |
0.78 (0.66 - 0.88) |
Appetite |
0.93 (0.91 - 0.95) |
0.92 (0.87 - 0.96) |
Vocalization |
0.89 (0.86 - 0.91) |
0.88 (0.81 - 0.93) |
Total Score |
0.98 (0.98 - 0.99) |
0.92 (0.87 - 0.96) |
Partial Score Subscale 1 ‘Pain Expression’ |
0.97 (0.96 - 0.98) |
0.92 (0.87 - 0.96) |
Partial Score Subscale 2 ‘Psychomotor change’ | 0.96 (0.95 - 0.97) | 0.81 (0.71 - 0.89) |
Agreement among blinded observers, assessed by intra-class correlation coefficient (95% CI), for each scale item and total and partial scores from subscales 1 and 2, at all time points (preoperative, postoperative before and after analgesia, and 24 hours after the end of surgery), and for T2 (postoperative before analgesia) independently.
Interpretation: 0.81 – 1.0 very good; 0.61 – 0.80 good; 0.41 – 0.6 moderate; 0.21 – 0.4 fair; < 0.2 poor.