Validating and reliability testing the descriptive data and three different disease diagnoses of the internet-based DOGRISK questionnaire

Table 4 Test-retest repeatability of ten questions in the DOGRISK questionnaire

Question	Kappa statistic	95 % CI	n
Constant
Gender	0.96	0.92–0.99	241
Season of birth	0.86	0.81–0.91	234
Color of coat	0.80	0.73–0.87	218
Born in owner family	0.96	0.89–1.04	244
Possibly not known when first responding
Body condition score when dog aged under 2 months	0.45	0.28–0.62	105
Time spent outside when dog aged under 2 months	0.37	0.26–0.49	118
Vaccinations as a puppy	0.67	0.048–1.28	230
Possibly changing with time
Tidiness of household	0.42	0.29–0.54	241
Vaccinations as an adult (only dogs aged over 18 months included)	0.76	0.50–1.02	147
Other dogs in household	0.71	0.60–0.81	198

Comparing the repeatability of the DOGRISK questionnaire using Cohen’s Kappa in a subpopulation of dogs whose owners filled the questionnaire twice
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The questionnaire can be found from www.ruokintakysely.fi (only in Finnish)

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