Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess Multimorbidity in Primary Care: An Indian Experience

Table 6

Concordance between self-reported and physician’s prescription based chronic conditions.

Items	Number of cases; ()	Number of cases according to prescription; ()	Scott Kappa	Strength of agreement
Chronic conditions
Arthritis	26	24	0.71	Substantial agreement
Hypertension	21	20	0.73	Substantial agreement
Diabetes	6	7	0.59	Moderate agreement
Chronic lung disease	7	7	0.69	Substantial agreement
Acid peptic disease	33	32	0.66	Substantial agreement
Thyroid problem	0	0
Heart disease	0	0
Stroke	0	0
Visual problem	11	10	0.95	Nearly perfect agreement
Hearing problem	5	5	0.58	Moderate agreement
Chronic back ache	10	10	0.67	Substantial agreement
Tuberculosis	4	4	1.00	Nearly perfect agreement
Epilepsy	0	0
Chronic kidney disease	0	0
Dementia	4	3	0.85	Nearly perfect agreement
Filariasis	0	0