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Table 2 Agreement between the local evaluator and blinded observers for each item on the scale

From: Validation of the UNESP-Botucatu unidimensional composite pain scale for assessing postoperative pain in cattle

Scale items

Blinded observers

Evaluator 1

Evaluator 2

Evaluator 3

Standing posture

0.60 (0.43 - 0.75)

0.26 (0.14 - 0.38)

0.40 (0.26 - 0.54)

Head position

0.51 (0.37 - 0.66)

0.11 (0.03 - 0.19)

0.23 (0.12 - 0.34)

Locomotion

0.56 (0.41 - 0.71)

0.47 (0.34 - 0.61)

0.61 (0.41 - 0.75)

Interactive behaviour

0.65 (0.52 - 0.77)

0.67 (0.58 - 0.75)

0.77 (0.69 - 0.86)

Activity

0.67 (0.55 - 0.79)

0.56 (0.44 - 0.68)

0.74 (0.63 - 0.85)

Appetite

0.86 (0.80 - 0.93)

0.76 (0.67 - 0.86)

0.81 (0.72 - 0.89)

Attention to surgical wound

0.68 (0.55 - 0.82)

0.67 (0.51 - 0.81)

0.85 (0.75 - 0.95)

Miscellaneous behaviours

0.80 (0.72 - 0.81)

0.62 (0.50 - 0.74)

0.84 (0.78 - 0.92)

  1. Agreement between local and blinded observers by weighted kappa coefficient (95% CI) for each item of the acute postoperative pain scale in cattle, covering all evaluation periods (preoperative and postoperative: before and after rescue analgesia and 24 hours after end of surgery). Interpretation: 0.81 - 1.0: very good; 0.61 - 0.80: good; 0.41 - 0.6: moderate; 0.21 - 0.4: fair; <0.2: poor.