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Table 2 Variables influencing the agreement among nurses in percieved pain categories of 162 patients

From: High inter-observer agreement of observer-perceived pain assessment in the emergency department

   

univariat analysis

multivariat analysis (1)

Variable

no. of agreements

% of agreements

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

gender

 female

50

68%

1

   

 male

64

72%

1.2

0.6-2.3

  

age group

  < 20 yrs

23

58%

1

   

 20-40 yrs

35

74%

2.1

0.9-5.4

2.0

0.6-7.1

 41-60 yrs

24

75%

2.2

0.8-6.1

  

 61-80 yrs

28

80%

2.9

1.0-8.4

  

  > = 80 yrs

4

50%

0.7

0.2-3.4

  

specialty

 surgical

37

77%

1

   

 ortopaedic

77

68%

0.6

0.3-1.4

  

significant other

 not present

61

76%

1

   

 present

53

65%

0.6

0.3-1.1

  

room

 emergency room

80

68%

1

   

 ward room

34

77%

1.6

0.7-3.6

  
  1. (1) adjustment for gender, age, specialty, relative present and examination room