Research Article
Interobserver Reliability of Four Diagnostic Methods Using Traditional Korean Medicine for Stroke Patients
Table 2
Agreement between raters in total subjects (diagnosis by palpation; pulse diagnosis).
| Variables | % Agreement | Kappa (K) | CI of K | AC1 | CI of AC1 |
| Pulse location: | | | | | | Floating | 88.02 | 0.53 | (0.35, 0.71) | 0.84 | (0.77, 0.91) | Sunken | 85.02 | 0.56 | (0.41, 0.72) | 0.77 | (0.68, 0.87) | Pulse rate: | | | | | | Slow | 90.41 | 0.5 | (0.29, 0.72) | 0.88 | (0.82, 0.94) | Rapid | 80.83 | 0.56 | (0.43, 0.70) | 0.66 | (0.55, 0.78) | Pulse force: | | | | | | Strong | 81.92 | 0.51 | (0.35, 0.66) | 0.72 | (0.61, 0.82) | Weak | 86.14 | 0.61 | (0.47, 0.76) | 0.78 | (0.69, 0.88) | Pulse shape: | | | | | | Slippery pulse | 77.84 | 0.51 | (0.38, 0.65) | 0.71 | (0.63, 0.80) | Fine pulse | 73.65 | 0.37 | (0.22, 0.52) | 0.67 | (0.58, 0.76) | Surging pulse | 90.36 | 0.52 | (0.32, 0.72) | 0.89 | (0.84, 0.95) |
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CI: confidence interval.
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