Table 4.
Comparison of interobserver reliability.
| Patient score compared with clinician score | p value | Patient score compared with clinician score | p value | |
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| Spearman correlation coefficient (95% confidence interval)∗ | Intraclass correlation coefficient (95% confidence interval) | |||
| Overall MSTS score | 0.74 (0.64–0.83) | <0.001 | 0.66 (0.43–0.79) | <0.001 |
| Lower extremity MSTS score | 0.71 (0.59–0.82) | <0.001 | 0.64 (0.42–0.78) | <0.001 |
| Upper extremity MSTS score | 0.82 (0.68–0.97) | <0.001 | 0.74 (0.25–0.90) | <0.001 |
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| MSTS common domains | ||||
| Pain | 0.50 (0.35–0.64) | <0.001 | 0.50 (0.36–0.62) | <0.001 |
| Function | 0.52 (0.38–0.66) | <0.001 | 0.43 (0.23–0.59) | <0.001 |
| Emotional acceptance | 0.16 (−0.02–0.35) | 0.073 | 0.08 (−0.06–0.21) | 0.105 |
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| Lower extremity specific domains | ||||
| Use of supports | 0.74 (0.62–0.86) | <0.001 | 0.72 (0.60–0.81) | <0.001 |
| Walking ability | 0.54 (0.39–0.68) | <0.001 | 0.47 (0.30–0.61) | <0.001 |
| Gait | 0.49 (0.34–0.63) | <0.001 | 0.48 (0.29–0.62) | <0.001 |
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| Upper extremity specific domains | ||||
| Hand-positioning | 0.84 (0.72–0.96) | <0.001 | 0.61 (0.29–0.81) | <0.001 |
| Dexterity | 0.51 (0.18–0.85) | 0.003 | 0.51 (0.18–0.74) | 0.003 |
| Lifting ability | 0.30 (−0.07–0.66) | 0.110 | 0.16 (−0.12–0.46) | 0.124 |
Bold indicates significant correlation (two-tailed p value below 0.05).
∗95% confidence interval calculated through bootstrapping (1,000 resamples).