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Table 9 Intra-observer reliability for each scale item and observer

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

Locomotion

0.67 (0.57 - 0.75)

0.62 (0.52 - 0.71)

0.69 (0.60 - 0.77)

Interactive behaviour

0.81 (0.75 - 0.86)

0.74 (0.66 - 0.80)

0.77 (0.69 - 0.82)

Activity

0.80 (0.74 - 0.85)

0.63 (0.52 - 0.71)

0.69 (0.60 - 0.77)

Appetite

0.96 (0.95 - 0.97)

0.82 (0.77 - 0.87)

0.81 (0.75 - 0.85)

Miscellaneous behaviours

0.82 (0.77 - 0.87)

0.61 (0.50 - 0.70)

0.78 (0.71 - 0.83)

  1. Agreement between observers at all grouped assessment time points (preoperative and postoperative: before and after rescue analgesia and 24 hours after surgery) using the intraclass correlation coefficient (CI 95%). 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.