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Table 2 Test-retest Reliability (Reproducibility): Score Stability of the GSRS and GIQLI

From: Gastrointestinal (GI)-Specific patient reported outcomes instruments differentiate between renal transplant patients with or without GI symptoms: results from a South American cohort

 

N

Mean

Test 1

Mean

Test 2

Difference

Wilcoxon Rank-Sum

test

Kendall's Tau

correlation

ICC

     

Signed

rank

p-value

  

GSRS

        

   Abdominal Pain

20

1.88

1.73

-0.15

-11.50

0.39

0.64a

0.80

   Reflux Syndrome

20

1.48

1.13

-0.35

-7.50

0.06

0.67b

0.57

   Diarrhea

20

1.37

1.63

0.27

12.00

0.25

0.49b

0.16

   Indigestion Syndrome

20

1.76

1.71

-0.05

-2.00

0.89

0.72a

0.93

   Constipation

20

1.57

1.50

-0.07

-9.00

0.19

0.73a

0.98

GIQLI

        

   Total Score

19

121.64

124.45

2.81

7.00

0.68

0.60a

0.87

   Symptoms

20

3.47

3.53

0.06

45.50

0.02

0.67a

0.78

   Emotion

20

3.04

3.31

0.27

11.50

0.57

0.74a

0.81

   Physical Function

20

3.08

3.15

0.07

6.50

0.64

0.53b

0.90

   Social Function

20

3.40

3.48

0.08

-0.50

1.00

0.81a

0.82

   Medical Treatment

19

3.63

3.58

-0.05

28.50

0.23

0.60a

0.72

  1. a p < 0.001
  2. b p < 0.05