Table 3 Nurse-versus-physician agreement in patient assessment and recommendation of initiation of antiretroviral therapy
% Agreement | % Agreement expected by chance | Kappa ± SE (unweighted) | Kappa ± SE (weighted) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ART recommendation | 77.9 | 45.9 | 0.59 ± 0.05 | - |
95 | 86.8 | - | 0.62 ± 0.06 | |
WHO stage | 68.5 | 31.5 | 0.54 ± 0.04 | - |
96.6 | 90.4 | - | 0.65 ± 0.06 | |
Functional status | 82.7 | 71.1 | 0.40 ± 0.05 | - |
92.1 | 86.9 | - | 0.40 ± 0.05 | |
TB status | 85.8 | 60.8 | 0.64 ± 0.05 | - |
90.9 | 77.1 | - | 0.61 ± 0.06 | |
Opportunistic infections treated/stabilized | 61 | 41.2 | 0.34 ± 0.05 | - |
77.4 | 66 | - | 0.33 ± 0.04 | |
Absolute exceptions to starting ART | 51.6 | 36.2 | 0.24 ± 0.05 | - |
79.3 | 72.6 | - | 0.25 ± 0.06 | |
Patient is ready to begin ART | 50.4 | 32.5 | 0.26 ± 0.04 | - |
76.1 | 64 | - | 0.34 ± 0.06 |