. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 2.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2020 Jul 4;130(2):125–132. doi: 10.1177/0003489420938820

Table 2.

Agreement between scheduled home video and in-office evaluation of same rater

Variable	Number of videos on which both methods agree	Number of videos on which methods disagree	Cohen’s kappa	P-value

Cerumen	37 (84%)	7 (16%)	NA	-
Tube patent	30 (68%)	14 (32%)	0.48	<0.0001
Tube in place	34 (77%)	10 (23%)	0.54	<0.0001
Unable to visualize TM	38 (86%)	6 (14%)	NA	-
Tube extruding	36 (82%)	8 (18%)	0.58	<0.0001
Tube blocked	37 (84%)	7 (16%)	0.24	0.0077
Tube extruded	39 (89%)	5 (11%)	0.41	<0.0001
Acute OM with effusion	44 (100%)	0 (0%)	-	-
Middle ear effusion	42 (95%)	2 (4%)	NA	-
Ear drum retraction	44 (100%)	0 (0%)	NA	-
Ottorhea/drainage present	43 (98%)	1 (2%)	NA	-
Granulation tissue present	44 (100%)	0 (0%)	NA	-

Calculated for variables with 4 or more disagreements, where possible