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Table 6 Weighted Kappa, ICC, Cronbach’s alpha and change score for new subscales, Bristol stool chart and single items in the Norwegian version of ICIQ-B scale

From: Symptoms of anal incontinence and quality of life: a psychometric study of the Norwegian version of the ICIQ-B amongst hospital outpatients

 

Reliability

Change score

 

Weighted Kappa (95% CI)

n = 50

ICCa (95% CI)

n = 50

Cronbach’s alpha (n = 161)

Mean (SD)

(n = 50)

SEMb

SDCc

Impact on QoL

 Q19

0.65 (0.46–0.83)

0.94 (0.90–0.97)

n = 41

0.85

0.46 (2.97)

n = 41

0.73

2.02

 Q20

0.72 (0.46–0.83)

 Q21

0.63 (0.48–0.78)

 Q22

0.73 (0.59–0.86)

 Q23

0.54 (0.39–0.69)

Control

 Q5

0.57 (0.42–0.72)

0.92 (0.85–0.95)

n = 44

0.80

0.49 (2.41)

n = 45

0.68

1.88

 Q8

0.63 (0.49–0.78)

 Q9

0.73 (0.60–0.86)

 Q10

0.65 (0.51–0.80)

 Q11

0.68 (0.55–0.82)

Pattern

 Q3

0.58 (0.34–0.81)

0.90 (0.81–0.94)

n = 45

0.37

−0.13 (1.32)

n = 45

0.42

1.16

 Q6

0.76 (0.42–0.72)

 Q7

0.64 (0.47–0.80)

Bristol stool chart

 Q15 -Bristol stool chart

0.87 (0.73–1.01)

     

Single unscored items – outside the factor structure

 Q4

0.48 (0.24–0.73)

 

 Q12

0.57 (0.41–0.72)

 Q13

0.42 (0.23–0.61)

 Q14

0.39 (0.17–0.60)

 Q16

0.65 (0.48–0.82)

 Q17

0.61 (0.46–0.77)

 Q18

0.67

  1. Note: aICC two-way mixed, absolute agreement, average measure. b \(\textrm{SEM}=\textrm{SD}\sqrt{1-\textrm{ICC}}\)
  2. c SDC 95 Smallest Detectable Change with 95% certainty =1.96 x \(\sqrt{2}\ \textrm{x}\ \textrm{SEM}.\)