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Table 3 Weighted kappa values for the interrater agreement for the GCS

From: Inter-rater reliability of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score and the Glasgow Coma Scale in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

Rater pair

n

Total GCS

Eye

response

Motor response

Verbal response

Neurologist-Neurologist

100

0.67 ± 0.10

0.75 ± 0.12

0.79 ± 0.10

0.78 ± 0.10

Neurologist-ICU staff

393

0.56 ± 0.09

0.68 ± 0.10

0.68 ± 0.10

0.70 ± 0.09

ICU staff- ICU staff

321

0.63 ± 0.08

0.74 ± 0.09

0.78 ± 0.09

0.86 ± 0.07

Overall

437

0.61 ± 0.05

0.72 ± 0.06

0.74 ± 0.06

0.78 ± 0.05

  1. Data = weighted kappa ± 95% confidence interval. No statistically significant differences exist between rater pairs or the different components of the GCS.
  2. GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.
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