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Table 2 Intra-rater reliability reported as Cohen’s К and SE with 95%CI and p-values

From: Non-invasive assessment of vibration perception and protective sensation in people with diabetes mellitus: inter- and intra-rater reliability

Monofilament and VPT (n = 44)

 

Rater 1

Rater 2

Rater 3

Test

K

SE

95% CI

P

K

SE

95% CI

P

K

SE

95% CI

P

VPT

0.52

0.15

0.21 to 0.82

0.01

0.78

0.10

0.58 to 0.98

0.02

0.72

0.13

0.46 to 0.98

< 0.01

Monofilament [4]

0.44

0.14

0.16 to 0.73

0.02

0.67

0.11

0.45 to 0.89

< 0.01

0.34

0.15

0.06 to 0.63

0.02

Monofilament [10]

0.49

0.18

0.14 to 0.83

< 0.01

0.77

0.11

0.55 to 0.99

< 0.01

0.44

0.18

0.09 to 0.79

< 0.01

Tuning fork (n = 24)

 

Rater 4

Rater 5

 

Test

K

SE

95% CI

P

K

SE

95% CI

P

Graduated

0.57

0.17

0.24 to 0.9

< 0.01

0.50

0.17

0.17 to 0.83

< 0.02

Conventional (on/off)

0.57

0.16

0.26 to 0.88

< 0.01

0.52

0.19

0.15 to 0.89

< 0.02

Conventional (dampened)

0.41

0.19

0.04 to 0.78

< 0.05

0.49

0.18

0.14 to 0.84

< 0.02

  1. VPT vibration perception threshold