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Interrater reliability for the Four Habits Coding Scheme as part of a randomized controlled trial.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20685066     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To describe the process for developing interrater reliability (IRR) for the Four Habits Coding Scheme (4HCS) for a heterogeneous material as part of a randomized controlled trial.
METHODS: Videotapes from 497 hospital encounters involving 71 doctors from most clinical specialties were collected. Four experienced psychology students were trained as raters. We calculated Pearson's r and the intraclass correlation (ICC) on the total score across consecutive samples of twenty videos, and Pearson's r on single videos across items in the initial coding phase.
RESULTS: After 18h of training and one rating session, the total score Pearson's r and ICC exceeded .70 for all pairs of raters. Across items within single videos, the Pearson's r was never below 0.60 after the first 50 videos. At item and habit level Pearson's r remained unsatisfactory for some rater pairs mostly due to low variance on some items.
CONCLUSION: Based on the evaluation of the effect of communication skills training via a total score, IRR was satisfactory for the 4HCS as applied to heterogeneous material. However, good reliability at item level was difficult to achieve.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: 4HCS may be used as an outcome measure for clinical communication skills in randomized controlled trials.
Authors:
Bård Fossli Jensen; Pål Gulbrandsen; Jurate Saltyte Benth; Fredrik A Dahl; Edward Krupat; Arnstein Finset
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-08-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Patient education and counseling     Volume:  80     ISSN:  1873-5134     ISO Abbreviation:  Patient Educ Couns     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-17     Completed Date:  2010-12-01     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8406280     Medline TA:  Patient Educ Couns     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  405-9     Citation Subset:  N    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
HØKH, Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway. b.f.jensen@medisin.uio.no
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Coding / standards*
Communication*
Cross-Over Studies
Female
Habits*
Hospitals, General
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Norway
Observer Variation
Physician's Role / psychology
Physician-Patient Relations*
Professional Competence / standards*
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Videotape Recording
Young Adult

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