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Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Nurs. 2012 Jul 24;39(2):182–189. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2011.12.020

TABLE 5.

Inter-rater reliability of chart review for components of Pediatric Assessment Triangle and category of pathophysiology (N = 38; 3 raters)

	κ ^a	95% CI	P value
Component
Appearance	0.70	0.51 to 0.88	<.001
Work of breathing	0.24	0 to 0.48	0.01
Circulation to skin	0.32	0 to 0.49	<.001
Category of pathophysiology
Stable	0.70	0.51 to 0.88	<.001
Respiratory distress	0.16	0 to 0.49	0.08
Respiratory failure	0.74	0 to 1.00	<.001
Shock	0.32	0 to 0.49	<.001
Central nervous system/metabolic disturbance	0.68	0.51 to 0.88	<.001
Cardiopulmonary failure	N/A^b	N/A	N/A

Fleiss’ κ coefficient: <0.00 poor; 0.00-0.20 slight; 0.21-0.40 fair; 0.41-0.60 moderate; 0.61-0.80 substantial; 0.81-1.00 almost perfect.⁴

N/A because of the rarity of the condition and limits of statistical calculation.