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. 2014 Jun 10;15:199. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-199

Table 3.

Inter- and intra-rater reliability

SHAP-C tasks
Assessor 1
Assessor 1
Assessor 2
Assessor 3
Intra-rater reliability: Assessor 1
Inter-rater reliability
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 3
(Session 1 and session 2)
Assessor 1 (Session 2), Assessor 2 and Assessor 3
  Mean [SD] (seconds) Mean [SD] (seconds) Mean [SD] (seconds) Mean [SD] (seconds) Mean difference [SD] (seconds) a P a RC (seconds) RRC (%) F-ratio b P b RC b (seconds) RRC (%)
AO tasks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Light sphere
0.77 [0.19]
0.70 [0.17]
0.90 [0.53]
0.65 [0.25]
0.07 [0.28]
0.221
0.55
74.4
F(1.3, 29.2) = 3.60
0.059
0.98
130.6
Light tripod
0.84 [0.20]
0.83 [0.21]
0.75 [0.24]
0.71 [0.35]
0.01 [0.26]
0.927
0.51
60.6
F(2, 46) = 1.39
0.259
0.70
91.6
Light power
0.88 [0.33]
0.78 [0.27]
0.83 [0.52]
0.60 [0.26]
0.10 [0.34]
0.144
0.68
82.3
F(2, 46) = 2.93
0.063
0.98
133.8
Light lateral
0.98 [0.25]
0.87 [0.20]
0.84 [0.30]
0.93 [0.34]
0.11 [0.25]
0.044*
0.53
58.0
F(2, 46) = 0.68
0.513
0.77
88.1
Light tip
0.80 [0.22]
0.78 [0.27]
0.78 [0.30]
0.75 [0.30]
0.02 [0.36]
0.790
0.68
86.6
F(2, 46) = 0.10
0.904
0.80
103.3
Light extension
0.96 [0.40]
0.89 [0.23]
0.66 [0.24]
0.98 [0.46]
0.07 [0.37]
0.365
0.72
77.5
F(2, 46) = 6.88
0.002*
0.93
110.2
Heavy sphere
0.83 [0.24]
0.80 [0.16]
0.76 [0.27]
0.78 [0.26]
0.03 [0.25]
0.521
0.49
59.3
F(2, 46) = 0.26
0.775
0.58
74.3
Heavy tripod
0.88 [0.29]
0.87 [0.37]
0.74 [0.28]
0.88 [0.46]
0.01 [0.48]
0.906
0.92
105.1
F(2, 46) = 1.42
0.252
0.91
109.7
Heavy power
0.95 [0.38]
0.80 [0.15]
0.76 [0.39]
0.79 [0.51]
0.14 [0.34]
0.049*
0.71
81.5
F(2, 46) = 0.10
0.901
0.97
123.3
Heavy lateral
1.24 [0.38]
1.22 [0.43]
1.23 [0.49]
1.13 [0.46]
0.03 [0.29]
0.663
0.56
45.6
F(2, 46) = 0.48
0.623
1.07
89.7
Heavy tip
1.03 [0.28]
1.01 [0.31]
0.79 [0.35]
0.97 [0.48]
0.01 [0.35]
0.845
0.67
65.9
F(1.7, 38.0) = 1.89
0.171
1.20
130.0
Heavy extension
0.96 [0.32]
0.91 [0.24]
0.87 [0.28]
1.05 [0.57]
0.05 [0.30]
0.389
0.58
62.5
F(1.4, 32.8) = 2.24
0.136
0.88
93.8
ADL tasks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pick up coins
6.28 [2.07]
5.71 [1.28]
5.14 [0.93]
5.42 [1.16]
0.57 [1.99]
0.173
3.98
66.3
F(2, 46) = 2.64
0.082
2.49
46.0
Undo buttons
22.76 [10.84]
20.91 [9.83]
18.60 [12.35]
14.17 [6.58]
1.84 [9.65]
0.359
18.87
86.4
F(1.6, 34.9) = 3.70
0.044*
24.09
134.7
Food cutting
7.08 [2.89]
5.93 [1.53]
4.41 [2.20]
5.54 [2.09]
1.14 [2.29]
0.023*
4.94
75.9
F(2, 46) = 6.05
0.005*
4.80
90.7
Page turning
1.75 [0.81]
1.41 [0.55]
1.26 [0.71]
1.06 [0.51]
0.33 [0.52]
<0.01*
1.18
75.0
F(2, 46) = 5.40
0.008*
1.14
92.0
Remove jar lid
2.44 [1.09]
2.20 [1.01]
2.22 [1.52]
1.89 [1.15]
0.24 [0.65]
0.080
1.33
57.2
F(1.7, 39.4) = 1.02
0.359
2.47
117.2
Pour water from jug
6.08 [2.22]
5.08 [1.27]
4.75 [2.27]
4.59 [1.62]
1.00 [1.71]
<0.01*
3.82
68.5
F(2, 46) = 1.01
0.371
3.34
69.5
Pour water from carton
10.85 [3.80]
8.88 [2.13]
8.59 [3.16]
8.06 [3.62]
1.97 [3.22]
<0.01*
7.29
73.9
F(2, 46) = 1.03
0.366
5.59
65.7
Move a full jar
1.02 [0.36]
1.00 [0.29]
0.75 [0.24]
1.05 [0.58]
0.02 [0.32]
0.732
0.61
60.5
F(1.4, 32.0) = 5.09
0.021*
1.02
109.5
Move an empty tin
0.91 [0.31]
0.84 [0.27]
0.87 [0.60]
0.74 [0.27]
0.07 [0.30]
0.245
0.58
67.1
F(1.7, 38.3) = 0.69
0.481
1.10
135.3
Move a tray
3.00 [1.23]
2.98 [1.16]
3.58 [1.32]
3.05 [1.52]
0.02 [0.91]
0.903
1.74
58.2
F(2, 46) = 3.95
0.026*
2.40
75.0
Rotate a key 90°
0.75 [0.35]
0.70 [0.12]
0.72 [0.25]
0.88 [0.40]
0.04 [0.31]
0.492
0.60
82.9
F(1.7, 38.3) = 2.82
0.081
0.83
107.8
Open/close a zip
2.06 [0.98]
2.15 [1.04]
2.12 [0.88]
2.04 [1.10]
−0.09 [1.00]
0.649
1.93
91.4
F(2, 46) = 0.11
0.896
2.37
112.7
Rotate a screw 90°
7.98 [2.86]
7.47 [2.06]
5.55 [2.40]
7.17 [2.50]
0.51 [2.67]
0.359
5.22
67.6
F(2, 46) = 6.60
0.003*
6.07
90.3
Rotate a door handle 0.70 [0.21] 0.60 [0.13] 0.57 [0.22] 0.70 [0.29] 0.10 [0.21] 0.030* 0.45 70.1 F(2, 46) = 2.58 0.087 0.58 93.7

Abbreviations and notations: SHAP-C–Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure for Children, AO–abstract objects, S–session, A–assessor, SD–standard deviation, RC–repeatability coefficient, RRC–relative repeatability coefficient, P–significance value.

aPaired t-test for the results of the first and the second session of assessor 1.

bRepeated measures ANOVA for the results of assessor 1 (second session) assessor 2 and assessor 3.

*Significance P < 0.05.