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Table 6 Overall synthesis of reliability statistics

From: The reliability of WorkWell Systems Functional Capacity Evaluation: a systematic review

 

All studies

Level of methodological quality

 

Poor

Fair to good

 

Acceptable

Total

% Acceptable

Acceptable

Total

% Acceptable

Acceptable

Total

% Acceptable

Inter-rater reliability

         

Weight-handling and strength

         

ICC

6

6

100.0%

6

6

100.0%

   

κ

3

6

50.0%

   

3

6

50.0%

POA

16

16

100.0%

12

12

100.0%

4

4

100.0%

Total

25

28

89.3%

18

18

100.0%

7

10

70.0%

Intra-rater reliability

         

Weight-handling and strength

         

κ

1

1

100.0%

1

1

100.0%

   

POA

7

7

100.0%

7

7

100.0%

   

Total

8

8

100.0%

8

8

100.0%

   

Test-retest reliability

         

Weight-handling and strength

         

ICC

42

44

95.5%

33

34

97.1%

9

10

90.0%

POA

4

4

100.0%

4

4

100.0%

   

Total

46

48

95.8%

37

38

97.4%

9

10

90.0%

Posture and mobility

         

ICC

5

17

29.4%

3

15

20.0%

2

2

100.0%

κ

10

14

71.4%

10

14

71.4%

   

POA

22

24

91.7%

22

24

91.7%

   

Total

37

55

67.3%

35

53

66.0%

2

2

100.0%

Locomotion

         

ICC

1

2

50.0%

1

2

50.0%

   

κ

1

3

33.3%

1

3

33.3%

   

POA

3

4

75.0%

3

4

75.0%

   

Total

5

9

55.6%

5

9

55.6%

   

Balance

         

POA

2

2

100.0%

2

2

100.0%

   

Total

2

2

100.0%

2

2

100.0%

   

Total test-retest reliability

90

114

78.9%

79

102

77.5%

11

12

91.7%

Overall reliability statistics

123

150

82.0%

105

128

82.0%

18

22

81.8%

  1. ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; κ, kappa coefficient; POA, percentage of agreement.