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Table 4 Subgroups: Language Scales Agreement weighted Kappa

From: Self-report measurement of pain & symptoms in palliative care patients: a comparison of verbal, visual and hand scoring methods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pain

KAPPA

Hand scale (n=)

Face scale (n=)

Jerrycan scale (n=)

English

0.76 (86)

0.66 (86)

0.40 (86)

isiZulu

0.84 (153)

0.78 (153)

0.60 (153)

isiXhosa

0.77 (27)

0.65 (27)

0.44 (26)

Ugandan

0.57 (37)

0.44 (37)

0.50 (37)

SeSotho

1 (11)

0.73 (11)

0.83 (11)

Missing

(1)

(1)

(2)

Symptoms

KAPPA

Hand scale (n=)

Face scale (n=)

Jerrycan scale (n=)

English

0.82 (86)

0.64 (86)

0.43 (85)

isiZulu

0.80 (153)

0.73 (152)

0.59 (153)

isiXhosa

0.85 (27)

0.77 (27)

0.61 (26)

Uganda

0.754 (37)

0.55 (37)

0.65 (37)

SeSotho

1 (11)

0.82 (11)

0.68 (11)

Missing

(1)

(2)

(3)