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)

CI: confidence interval.