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Table 3 Inter-rater Reliability – Significant Kappa Scores

From: Cosmetic outcome as rated by patients, doctors, nurses and BCCT.core software assessed over 5 years in a subset of patients in the TARGIT-A Trial

Time point

Rater Comparison (% EG)

Kappa

p-value

1 Year

Patient (76) vs. Doctor^ (82)

0.312**

0.006 ##

1 Year

Patient (76) vs. Nurse (78)^

0.366**

0.001 ##

1 Year

Patient (76)^ vs. BCCT (68)

0.222**

0.034 #

1 Year

Nurse (78) vs. Doctor (82)^

0.461***

< 0.001 ##

1 Year

Nurse (78)^ vs. BCCT (68)

0.345**

< 0.001 ##

2 Year

Patient (80) vs. Doctor (87)^

0.258**

0.018 #

2 Year

Doctor (87)^ vs. BCCT (77)

0.211**

0.048 #

2 Year

Nurse (79)^ vs. BCCT (77)

0.314**

0.005 ##

3 Year

Nurse (78) vs. BCCT (81)^

0.348**

0.020 #

5 Year

Patient (79) vs. Doctor (84)^

0.258**

0.027 #

  1. **Fair agreement ***Moderate agreement ## p < 0.01 # < 0.05 ^scored higher proportion as EG