Inter- and intrarater reliability of Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form – version II (MEONF-II) nurse assessments among hospital inpatients

Table 3 Inter- and intrarater reliability of MEONF-II scores (n = 24) as assessed by eight nurses

	PA (95% CI)	K(95% CI)	AC1	K _w(95% CI)	AC1_w	ICC (95% CI)^g)
Interrater-reliability
2 categories^a)	0.96 (0.87-0.1.0)	0.88 (0.65-1.0) ^c)	0.93 (0.80-1.0)	NA	NA	NA
3 categories^b)	0.96 (0.87-1.0)	0.89 (0.66-1.0)^d)	NA	0.93 (0.76-1.0) ^d)	0.98 (0.95-1.0)	0.93 (0.84-0.97)
Total score	0.67 (0.47-0.87)	0.53 (0.31-0.75)	NA	0.91 (0.84-0.99)^c)	0.98 (0.96-1.0)	0.92 (0.80-0.96)
Intrarater-reliability
2 categories^a)	0.88 (0.74-1.0)	0.65 (0.26-1.0) ^e)	0.81 (0.57-1.0)	NA	NA	NA
3 categories^b)	0.83 (0.68-0.99)	0.57 (0.21-0.92)^f)	NA	0.62 (0.19-1.0) ^f)	0.88 (0.72-1.0)	0.63 (0.30-0.82)
Total score	0.67 (0.47-0.87)	0.56 (0.33-0.78)	NA	0.82 (0.66-0.98)	0.95 (0.91-.1.0)	0.84 (0.67-0.93)

^a)2-category classification = no/low vs moderate/high risk.
^b)3-category classification = no/low vs moderate vs high risk.
^c) K _max = 0.88, Prevalence-adjusted bias-adjusted kappa (PABAK) = 0.92.
^d) K _max (weighted or unweighted) = 0.89, PABAK = 0.98.
^e) K _max = 0.88, PABAK = 0.75.
^f) K _max (weighted or unweighted) = 0.89, PABAK = 0.85.
^g)Two-way mixed model for single measures, absolute agreement criterion.
PA, Proportion exact agreement; K, Kappa; K _w , weighted Kappa (quadratic weights); ICC, Intraclass Correlation Coefficient; AC1, Gwet’s first order agreement coefficient. AC1_w, Gwet’s first order agreement coefficient (quadratic weights); NA, not applicable
Data in boldface indicate the most appropriate statistic in relation to the respective MEONF-II outcomes.

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