Table 5.
Intrarater and interrater reliabilities of temperature measurement of forearm acupoints before moxibustion.
| Acupoint | Intrarater reliability | Interrater reliability | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rater 1 | Rater 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | |||||
| ICC | Scale | ICC | Scale | ICC | Scale | ICC | Scale | |
| LU 9 | 0.863 | Substantial | 0.994 | Excellent | 0.873 | Substantial | 0.797 | Substantial |
| LU 5 | 0.808 | Substantial | 0.766 | Substantial | 0.831 | Substantial | 0.707 | Moderate |
| HT 7 | 0.904 | Excellent | 0.984 | Excellent | 0.891 | Substantial | 0.853 | Substantial |
| HT 3 | 0.885 | Substantial | 0.913 | Excellent | 0.832 | Substantial | 0.944 | Excellent |