Table 9 Test-retest reliability of responses of the participants to the questionnaire
From: The awareness and knowledge of dysphagia among health care practitioners in Egypt
Question | Kappa agreement |
|---|---|
Have you received academic and/or professional training in dysphagia? | 1 |
Do you deal with dysphagia cases in your medical practice? | 1 |
When do you suspect dysphagia? | 0.89 |
Who do you refer dysphagia cases to? | 0.89 |
Do you have a swallowing clinic in your institute? | 1 |
How do you identify dysphagia in a patient? | 0 |
What are the symptoms or signs that you would identify as indicative of dysphagia? | 0.63 |
What are the problems that you would agree to be complications of dysphagia? | 0.73 |
What is your role as a health care practitioners in the management of dysphagia? | 0.89 |
What are the swallowing tests or dysphagia investigations that are used in your institute? | 0 |
How are dysphagia cases managed and what advice do you give the patient? | 1 |
Is the specialty of phoniatrics available in your institute? | 1 |
As far as you know, what is/are the role(s) of the phoniatrician in swallowing management? | 1 |