A validation study using a modified version of Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients: Postural Stroke Study in Gothenburg (POSTGOT)

Table 2 Intrarater reliability; Spearman's (r_s), the Kappa coefficient (k) and the Percentage Agreement (PA) (n 114)

Item	Spearman's	p	Kappa	p	PA
	(r_s)		(k)
1. Supine to affected side lateral	0.88	< 0.001	0.86	< 0.0001	96%
2. Supine to non affected side lateral	0.98	< 0.001	0.93	< 0.0001	97%
3. Supine to sitting up on edge of bed	0.89	< 0.001	0.85	< 0.0001	95%
4. Sitting without support	0.93	< 0.001	n a	n a	97%
5. Sitting to standing up	0.95	< 0.001	0.91	< 0.0001	94%
6. Standing with support	0.94	< 0.001	0.91	< 0.0001	96%
7. Standing without support	0.95	< 0.001	0.88	< 0.0001	94%
8. Standing on non paretic leg	0.88	< 0.001	0.70	< 0.0001	82%
9. Standing on paretic leg	0.92	< 0.001	0.75	< 0.0001	86%
10. Standing, picking up a shoe from the floor	0.96	< 0.001	0.89	< 0.0001	94%
11. Sitting down from standing up	0.93	< 0.001	0.85	< 0.0001	94%
12. Sitting on edge of bed to supine	0.92	< 0.001	0.84	< 0.0001	94%

SwePASS: Swedish version of Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients;
n a: not applicable, Kappa statistics could not be computed, since they require a symmetric 2-way table in which the values of the first variable match the values of the second variable.

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