Table 1:

Interassessor agreement on presence of expertise, presence and reporting of conflicts of interest and disposition of comments toward source research

MeasureCohen κ coefficient (95% CI)
Presence of clinical expertise0.94 (0.87–1.00)
Presence of academic expertise0.86 (0.77–0.95)
Presence of academic conflict of interest0.81 (0.71–0.91)
Reporting of academic conflict of interest0.79 (0.64–0.95)
Presence of financial conflict of interest0.73 (0.60–0.86)
Reporting of financial conflict of interest0.66 (0.42–0.91)
Disposition of comments toward source research0.68 (0.56–0.80)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval.