Table 2 Agreement between clinical examinations performed physically in the stable or by recorded video
Veterinarian 1 | Veterinarian 2 | Veterianarian 3 | Veterinarian 4 | Meanb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agreement | Kappa (95% con)a | Agreement | Kappa (95% con)a | Agreement | Kappa (95% con)a | Agreement | Kappa (95% con)a | Kappa (SD) | |
General examination | |||||||||
Abnormal weight distribution on one or more legs (yes/no) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.80 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.80 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.80 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.80 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.80 (0.0) |
Restricted gait movements (yes/no) | 1.00 (102/102) | 1.00 (1.0; 1.0) | 0.96 (98/102) | 0.65 (0.33; 0.97) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.80 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.98 (100/102) | 0.74 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.80 (0.15) |
Lame (pig level) (yes/no) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.8 (0.40; 1.00) | 0.99 (101/102) | 0.88 (0.66; 1.00) | 0.98 (100/102) | 0.66 (0.22; 1.00) | 1.00 (102/102) | 1.00 (1.00; 1.00) | 0.84 (0.14) |
Spontaneous signs of pain (yes/no) | 1.00 (102/102) | 1.00 (1.00; 1.00) | 0.97 (96/99) | 0.65 (0.28; 1.00) | 0.99 (97/98) | – | 0.98 (100/102) | 0.49 (− 0.11; 1.00) | 0.71 (0.26) |
Umbilical outpouching | |||||||||
Consistence (firm, soft) | 0.91 (93/102) | 0.62 (0.39; 0.84) | 0.97 (99/102) | 0.81 (0.60; 1.00) | 0.80 (82/102) | 0.22 (0.02; 0.43) | 0.88 (89/101) | 0.27 (− 0.02; 0.57) | 0.48 (0.28) |
Reducibility (yes/no) | 0.88 (89/101) | 0.60 (0.40; 0.80) | 0.88 (89/101) | 0.45 (0.19; 0.70) | 0.70 (71/102) | 0.28 (0.13; 0.43) | 0.70 (69/98) | 0.33 (0.16; 0.50) | 0.42 (0.14) |
Wounds present (yes/no) | 0.94 (96/102) | 0.88 (0.79; 0.97) | 0.89 (90/101) | 0.74 (0.61; 0.87) | 0.94 (96/102) | 0.88 (0.79; 0.97) | 0.98 (99/101) | 0.96 (0.91; 1.00) | 0.87 (0.09) |
Number of wounds > 4 cm2 | 0.88 (36/41) | 0.76 (0.56; 0.95) | 0.91 (30/33) | 0.82 (0.62; 1.00) | 0.86 (37/43) | 0.71 (0.49; 0.92) | 0.96 (43/45) | 0.91 (0.79; 1.00) | 0.80 (0.09) |
Specific wound examination | |||||||||
Location (bottom/side) | 0.92 (45/49) | 0.31 (− 0.16; 0.78) | 0.85 (40/47) | 0.29 (− 0.10; 0.67) | 0.94 (46/49) | 0.64 (0.19; 1.00) | 0.85 (40/47) | 0.39 (0.04; 0.74) | 0.41 (0.16) |
Necrosis present (yes/no) | 0.94 (46/49) | 0.63 (0.25; 1.00) | 0.67 (33/49) | – | 0.71 (35/49) | 0.44 (0.21; 0.68) | 0.94 (46/49) | 0.37 (− 0.19; 0.93) | 0.48 (0.13) |
Severe wound (yes/no) | 0.76 (37/49) | 0.50 (0.26; 0.75) | 0.84 (41/49) | 0.61 (0.37; 0.84) | 0.82 (40/49) | 0.57 (0.33; 0.81) | 0.80 (39/49) | 0.39 (0.09; 0.68) | 0.52 (0.10) |
"Open" wound (yes/no) | 0.90 (44/49) | 0.26 (− 0.15; 0.67) | 0.73 (36/49) | 0.48 (0.25; 0.71) | 0.90 (44/49) | 0.26 (− 0.15; 0.67) | 1.00 (49/49) | 1.00 (1.00; 1.00) | 0.50 (0.35) |
Prognosis (guarded + poor)/good)) | 0.86 (42/49) | 0.61 (0.35; 0.86) | 0.76 (37/49) | 0.19 (− 0.04; 0.43) | 0.86 (42/49) | 0.68 (0.47; 0.90) | 0.71 (35/49) | 0.24 (0.001; 0.49) | 0.43 (0.25) |
Conclusion | |||||||||
Fit for transport (yes/with precautionary measures/no) | 0.83 (85/102) | 0.76 (0.65; 0.87) | 0.69 (70/102) | 0.54 (0.40; 0.67) | 0.68 (69/102) | 0.59 (0.47; 0.72) | 0.88 (90/102) | 0.79 (0.68; 0.90) | 0.67 (0.12) |