A novel child-centred core palliative care outcome measure for use in clinical practice and research: findings from a multinational validation study

Table 5 Test–retest reliability (children n = 152, carers n = 127)

In patients (152)
Child version (n = 33)					Proxy version (n = 119)
Child items				Child items
	Weighted Kappa statistic	Agreement within one score	Expected agreement		Weighted Kappa statistic	Agreement within one score	Expected agreement
Item 1 pain	0.5364	80.63%	58.20%	Q1	0.5239	81.87%	61.91%
Item 2 other body symptoms	0.4995	80.63%	61.29%	Q2	0.4791	77.33%	56.49%
Item 3 eating	0.5741	82.50%	58.91%	Q3	0.6421	83.73%	54.55%
Item 4 cried	0.4237	86.72%	76.95%	Q4	0.3477	76.53%	64.02%
Item 5 happy	0.4863	78.75%	58.63%	Q5	0.5950	81.74%	54.92%
Item 6 playing	0.4348	73.75%	53.55%	Q6	0.5861	81.08%	54.29%
Item 7 questions answered	0.5224	80.00%	58.12%	Q7	0.3613	71.91%	56.03%
Family items (n = 127)
Item 8 worry	0.5047	76.52%	52.60%
Item 9 Shared own feelings	0.6814	88.63%	64.33%
Item 10 Received adequate info	0.6487	88.55%	67.41%
Item 11 Received enough help and advice	0.6942	88.89%	63.67%
Item 12 Family confidence	0.7086	95.68%	85.19%

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