Table 3.
Inter-rater agreement between reference standard, GP and two dermatologists where probable and confirmed diagnosis are merged
| Diagnosis of photographs (n = 19) | Agreement (%) | κ statistic | 95% CI | Strength of agreement13 |
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| a) Agreement between GP and diagnosis made by clinician viewing image | ||||
| GP expert | 94.7 | 0.78 | 0.35 to 1.0 | Substantial |
| Dermatologist 1 | 89.5 | 0.61 | 0.14 to 1.0 | Substantial |
| Dermatologist 2 | 84.2 | 0.5 | 0.43 to 0.95 | Moderate |
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| b) Agreement between clinicians viewing images | ||||
| 89.5 | 0.79 | 0.74 to 0.8 | Substantial | |
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| c) Agreement between all clinicians (reference test and those viewing images) | ||||
| 84.2 | 0.71 | 0.56 to 0.72 | Substantial | |