Table 3:
Severity of injury based on the total scoresa
| Severity of Brain Injury | Before Adjustment (n = 20) |
After Adjustment (n = 20) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reader 1 | Reader 2 | P Value | Reader 1 | Reader 2 | P Value | |
| Normal (≤4) (No.) (%) | 10 (50%) | 12 (60%) | .50 | 8 (40%) | 9 (45%) | 1.00 |
| Mild (5–10) (No.) (%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (15%) | .63 | 6 (30%) | 3 (15%) | .25 |
| Moderate (11–15) (No.) (%) | 5 (25%) | 2 (10%) | .25 | 1 (5%) | 3 (15%) | .50 |
| Severe (>15) (No.) (%) | 4 (20%) | 3 (15%) | 1.00 | 5 (25%) | 5 (25%) | 1.00 |
a
A McNemar test was administered to determine whether there was a difference in the proportion of the severity of the brain injury between the 2 readers.