05 May 2021 : Clinical Research
Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Severity Scales in COVID-19 Disease: A Validation Study
Bartosz Mruk12ABCDEF*, Dominika Plucińska2BC, Jerzy Walecki32AD, Gabriela Półtorak-Szymczak2EF, Katarzyna Sklinda32ADEFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.931283
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931283
Table 2 Analysis of the interobserver agreement of Total Severity Score-based assessments of chest computed tomography scans. The table presents the κ and intraclass correlation coefficient values for the overall assessment as well as for the assessments of individual lung lobes.
Total Severity Score | |||||||
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Right lung | Left lung | Total | |||||
Upper lobe | Middle lobe | Lower lobe | Upper lobe | Lower lobe | |||
κ | 0.938 | 0.945 | 0.937 | 0.937 | 0.938 | 0.944 | |
<0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
95% CI | UL | 0.956 | 0.959 | 0.951 | 0.954 | 0.954 | 0.948 |
LL | 0.922 | 0.934 | 0.923 | 0.919 | 0.923 | 0.941 | |
ICC (3, k) | 0.944 | 0.947 | 0.944 | 0.944 | 0.944 | 0.948 | |
<0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
95% CI | UL | 0.946 | 0.948 | 0.946 | 0.946 | 0.946 | 0.949 |
LL | 0.940 | 0.946 | 0.940 | 0.940 | 0.940 | 0.947 | |
CI – confidence interval; ICC – intraclass correlation coefficient; LL – lower limit; UL – upper limit. |