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Table 1 Mean kappa-values and ninety-five percent confidence intervals for inter-observer agreement between five observers

From: Surgeons agree more on treatment recommendations than on classification of proximal humeral fractures

 

Neer classification

Treatment recommendations

Adequacy of images

First round

0.33 (0.29-0.38)

0.48 (0.43-0.54)

0.29 (0.22-0.38)

  

0.591 (0.52-0.66)

 
  

0.382 (0.31-0.46)

 
  

0.423 (0.35-0.49)

 

Second round4

0.36 (0.31-0.42)

0.52 (0.45-0.58)

0.24 (0.18-0.31)

  

0.551 (0.48-0.63)

 
  

0.532 (0.44-0.61)

 
  

0.423 (0.34-0.49)

 
  1. 1 Non-surgical treatment.
  2. 2 Locking plate osteosynthesis.
  3. 3 Hemiarthroplasty.
  4. 4 Patients age known to observers.