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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Jun 12;56(3):406–413.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.06.003

Appendix Table 3:

Estimates of inter-rater agreement via two-level random effects models

Model Model description ICC ICC 95% CI
Model 3 Binary response to the question “Is this patient’s goal achievable?”
3a. Random effect for patient, no fixed effects 0.67 0.54 – 0.78
3b. Random effect for patient, fixed effects for patient characteristicsb 0.64 0.51 – 0.76
3c. Random effect for patient, fixed effects for rater’s training background 0.67 0.54 – 0.78
3d. Random effect for patient, fixed effect for the combinationa of patient goal & code status 0.21 0.08 – 0.45
Model 4 Did the intervention meet the criteria for goal-concordant care?
4a. Random effect for patient, no fixed effects 0.55 0.42 – 0.68
4b. Random effect for patient, fixed effects for patient characteristicsb 0.53 0.40 – 0.66
4c. Random effect for patient, fixed effects for rater’s training background 0.58 0.45 – 0.70
4d. Random effect for patient, fixed effect for the combinationa of patient goal & code status 0.20 0.08 – 0.41

Abbreviations: CI, Confidence Interval; ICC, Intraclass correlation

a

The 10 combinations of patient goals and treatment limitations were derived from a study of ICU proxies conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2016.

b

Patient characteristics include age, gender, ICU, sofa score, and days in the ICU at the time of the intervention