Evaluation of Hookworm Diagnosis Techniques from Patients in Debre Elias and Sanja Districts of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 4

Degree of agreement of hookworm diagnosis techniques with the gold standard (CRS).

Diagnosis tools		CRS		Total	Agreement	Kappa value
		+	-
TFT	+	246	0	246	100	1
	-	0	143	146
MM	+	169	0	169	80.2	0.67
	-	77	143	220
FEC	+	109	0	109	64.7	0.36
	-	137	143	280
KK	+	94	0	94	61	0.31
	-	152	143	295
DWMM	+	92	0	92	60	0.30
	-	154	143	297

: no agreement; 0.00-0.20: slight agreement; 0.21-0.40: fair agreement; 0.41-0.60: moderate agreement; 0.61-0.80: substantial agreement; 0.81-1.00: almost perfect agreement. CRS: composite reference standard.