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. 2018 Mar 16;35(6):379–383. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2017-207062

Table 3.

Inter-rater and intrarater reliability measures for the SATS in Afghanistan and Haiti, 2013

Inter-rater reliability measures Ahmad Shah Baba Kunduz Trauma Centre Martissant Emergency Centre Tabarre Surgical and Trauma Centre
Point estimates (95% CI)
 ICC 0.50 (0.37 to 0.66) 0.60 (0.48 to 0.74) 0.59 (0.46 to 0.73) 0.58 (0.44 to 0.73)
 QWK 0.50 (0.37 to 0.66) 0.59 (0.22 to 0.77) 0.59 (0.32 to 0.78) 0.61 (0.32 to 0.79)
 LWK 0.44 (0.16 to 0.69) 0.46 (0.21 to 0.66) 0.50 (0.27 to 0.70) 0.48 (0.23 to 0.68)
 UWK 0.40 (0.26 to 0.53) 0.33 (0.23 to 0.41) 0.41 (0.31 to 0.48) 0.35 (0.23 to 0.47)
Level of agreement*
 ICC Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
  QWK Moderate Moderate Moderate Substantial
Intrarater reliability measures, % (min-max)
 Mean exact agreement 68 (40–90) 71 (40–100) 74 (40–90) 73 (50–90)
 Mean agreement with one-degree discrepancy 96 (80–100) 99 (90–100) 97 (60-100) 96 (70-100)

*According to the Landis and Koch criteria.11

ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; LWK, linearly weighted kappa; QWK, quadratically weighted kappa; SATS, South African Triage Scale; UWK, unweighted kappa.