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Table 5 Test–retest reliability of single symptom and general health items among 146 patients with type 1 diabetes

From: Test–retest reliability and measurement error of the WHO-5 Well-being Index and the Problem Areas in Diabetes questionnaire (PAID) used in telehealth among patients with type 1 diabetes

Item

n

Levels

Agreement/expected agreement %

Weighed kappa (95% CI)

General health

145

5

98.3/91.2

0.81 (0.73–0.88)

General health last year

146

5

98.7/93.8

0.79 (0.71–0.88)

Hypoglycemia

113

5

98.2/88.5

0.84 (0.72–0.91)

Rapid heartbeat

112

5

98.1/91.1

0.79 (0.70–0.87)

Dyspnea

112

5

98.8/92.3

0.84 (0.70–0.92)

Heart chest pain

112

5

99.1/93.1

0.87 (0.73–0.95)

Pain leg walking

112

5

97.7/89.9

0.77 (0.56–0.91)

Foot ulcer

112

5

98.9/96.0

0.72 (0.22–0.94)

Decreased feeling feet

109

5

98.3/93.9

0.73 (0.44–0.91)

Pain feet

109

5

98.9/90.8

0.88 (0.80–0.93)

Erection problems

58

5

97.6/75.4

0.90 (0.78–0.98)

  1. CI confidence interval