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. 2015 Mar 12;58(9):1519–1528. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1019575

Table 2 . Observed agreement between the HECO protocol and the reference protocol for one or more diagnoses.

  HECO/Reference protocola    
One or more diagnoses  − / −  +/ −   − /+ +/+ Observed agreement % (95% CI) κ
Neck/shoulder region 43 5 4 11 86 (77–95) 0.62
Neck 48 5 4 6 86 (77–95) 0.49
Shoulder 48 3 2 10 92 (85–99) 0.75
Elbow/hand region 46 6 4 7 84 (75–93) 0.49
Elbow/lower arm 58 4 0 1 94 (88–100) 0.32
Wrist/hand 48 4 4 7 89 (81–97) 0.56

Note: Observed agreement in percentage with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and the kappa coefficients (κ) are given.

a

 − / − , no diagnosis with either protocol;+/ − , positive diagnosis with HECO, no diagnosis with the reference protocol; − /+, no diagnosis with HECO, positive diagnosis with the reference protocol;+/+, positive diagnosis with both protocols.