Table 3 Inter-examiner agreement for surgical triage for a) all patients, b) patients seen during first half of study and c) patients seen during second half of study
a) | |||
Surgical Triage | Orthopaedic Surgeons | ||
Conservative | Surgical | ||
Physiotherapy Student | Conservative | 58 | 4 |
Surgical | 1 | 23 | |
Raw percent agreement = 94.2%; κ = 0.86 (95% CI: 0.74–0.98) | |||
b) | |||
Surgical Triage Week 1 + 2 | Orthopaedic Surgeons | ||
Conservative | Surgical | ||
Physiotherapy Student | Conservative | 28 | 3 |
Surgical | 0 | 6 | |
Raw percent agreement = 91.9%; κ = 0.75 (95% CI: 0.49–1.00) | |||
c) | |||
Surgical Triage Week 3 + 4 | Orthopaedic Surgeons | ||
Conservative | Surgical | ||
Physiotherapy Student | Conservative | 30 | 1 |
Surgical | 1 | 17 | |
Raw percent agreement = 95.9%; κ = 0.91 (95% CI: 0.79–1.00) | |||