18 July 2021 : Clinical Research
Interobserver Agreement in Semi-Quantitative Scale-Based Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in COVID-19 Patients
Bartosz Mruk12ABCDEF*, Jerzy Walecki12ACD, Piotr Gustaw Wasilewski2BCF, Łukasz Paluch1CD, Katarzyna Sklinda12ABDFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.931277
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931277
Table 2 Analysis of the interobserver agreement of SARI assessments of radiographs. The table presents the weighted κ values for the overall population as well as for individual exam types (PA vs AP) and the patient’s clinical condition as expressed using MEWS: Group A (MEWS 0–1), Group B (MEWS 2–3), and Group C (MEWS ≥4).
| SARI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam type | Modified Early Warning Score | Total | |||||
| AP X-ray | PA X-ray | 0–1 | 2–3 | ≥4 | |||
| κ | 0.624 | 0.819 | 0.791 | 0.574 | 0.681 | 0.755 | |
| <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| 95% CI | UL | 0.874 | 0.892 | 0.835 | 0.849 | 0.828 | 0.817 |
| LL | 0.475 | 0.789 | 0.746 | 0.349 | 0.533 | 0.694 | |






