Reliability of Palpation of Pedal Pulses As Ascertained by the Kappa Statistic
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 28 (7) , 300-303
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1980.tb00619.x
Abstract
An improved statistic (weight kappa) was tested for reviewing the reliability of the palpation of pedal pulses [a simplistic model]. Significant improvement was noted after training. Reliability persisted with respect to a reduce form of the conventional ordinal grading system. Problems of usefulness or reliability may arise when > 5 distinctions are made in describing the pulses or when the data are completely reduced to only a dichotomous (present-absent) system.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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