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Table 2 Interrater reliability of twenty observers for pterygium surgery assessing scale

From: Development of a valid and reliable pterygium surgery assessment scale for ophthalmology residents

 

ICC

95% CI

Lower bound

Upper bound

Preoperative preparation

0.871***

0.693

0.969

Microscope use

0.992***

0.982

0.998

Instrument handling

0.895***

0.750

0.975

Local anesthesia

0.852***

0.647

0.965

Conjunctival incision

0.908***

0.780

0.978

Pterygium head dissection

0.973***

0.850

0.985

Pterygium body separation and dissection

0.933***

0.841

0.984

Removal of subconjunctival tissue

0.904***

0.771

0.971

Hemostasis

0.976***

0.944

0.994

Conjunctival autograft acquisition

0.863***

0.673

0.967

Autograft suturing

0.914***

0.795

0.980

Postoperative clean up

0.924***

0.819

0.982

  1. ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidential interval
  2. ***P < 0.001