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. 2018 Jan 16;2018(1):CD011450. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011450.pub2

Burger 2011.

Methods Consectuive patients were assessed by 4 gastroenterologists using clinical and endoscopic scoring indices
Histologic activity was scored by 2 pathologists
Fleiss' ƙ was used to evaluate interobserver variation
Data Number of patients: 91
Number of readers: 4/2
Comparisons SCCAI (clinical)
Truelove and Richards Index (histologic)
Outcomes Construct validity (see Table 5)
Notes Endoscopic scoring index validated: the Baron Score
Study published in abstract form only; methods indicates interobserver variation study, but only construct validity is reported
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Blinding? Unclear Not adequately described
Independent Observation? Yes 4 gastroenterologists scored sigmoidoscopy videos of consecutive patients independently (although the rates of interrater agreement were not reported)