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. 2021 Mar 1;21:149. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02079-z

Table 7.

Cohen’s weighted kappa with quadratic weighting for follow-up items in descending order (n = 1–51)

Item n % agreement Weighted Kappa (95% CI) Kmax Weighted K/ Kmax
Enjoying life 17 88.24 0.88 (0.65;1) 0.98 0.91
Pain 14 42.86 0.72 (nc) 0.82 0.88
Sports 12 41.67 0.61 (0.39;0.83) 0.71 0.86
Controlling disease 29 55.17 0.59 (0.28;0.90) 0.87 0.67
Driving 10 60.00 0.55 (0.07;1) 0.97 0.56
Better 51 50.98 0.51 (0.20;0.81) 0.74 0.68
Alive 28 60.71 0.50 (0.18;0.82) 0.57 0.87
Shortness of breath 25 56.00 0.47 (0.07;0.88) 0.75 0.63
Energy 41 43.90 0.45 (0.16;0.74) 0.89 0.51
Gardening 13 46.15 0.40 (0;87) 0.74 0.54
Walking 25 36.00 0.24 (0;0.50) 0.83 0.28
Knowing what is wrong 10 70.00 0.17 (nc) 1 0.17
Bowel movement 5 40.00 nc nc nc
Appetite 9 77.77 nc nc nc
Groceries 5 0 nc nc nc
Washing and dressing 5 60.00 nc nc nc
Hobbies 6 50.00 nc nc nc
Visiting 4 25.00 nc nc nc
Outings 7 57.14 nc nc nc
Home 1 100 nc nc nc
Independence 7 14.28 nc nc nc
Extra 2 100 nc nc nc
Mean 15 53.43 0.51 0.83 0.63

CI Confidence interval, nc not calculated