Research Article

Physiotherapists Have Accurate Expectations of Their Patients’ Future Health-Related Quality of Life after First Assessment in a Subacute Rehabilitation Setting

Table 2

Agreement (Kappa coefficients and exact match) between physiotherapist predicted and patient self-reported discharge EQ-5D-3L domain responses.

Agreement per domain Kappa (95% CI)Exact match number (%)
MobilityPersonal careUsual activitiesPain/discomfortAnxiety/depressionMobilityPersonal careUsual activitiesPain/discomfortAnxiety/depressionAll domains correct

Lower cognition ( )0.51
(0.37, 0.67)
0.42
(0.25, 0.59)
0.37
(0.23, 0.53)
0.54
(0.36, 0.72)
0.57
(0.34, 0.76)
59 (73%)53 (65%)47 (58%)62 (77%)67 (83%)24 (30%)
Better cognition ( )0.68
(0.57, 0.79)
0.67
(0.55, 0.79)
0.64
(0.51, 0.75)
0.67
(0.56, 0.79)
0.53
(0.36, 0.69)
126 (83%)129 (85%)123 (81%)127 (84%)128 (85%)72 (48%)
Combined ( )0.62
(0.52, 0.71)
0.57
(0.47, 0.67)
0.52
(0.42, 0.62)
0.63
(0.53, 0.72)
0.55
(0.41, 0.67)
185 (80%)182 (78%)170 (73%)189 (81%)195 (84%)96 (41%)