A self administered reliable questionnaire to assess lower bowel symptoms

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Agreement and κ(%) between question detail categories: Patient- Doctor comparison

	Presence			Time since original onset			Severe enough to prompt consultation
	n	Agree (%)	κ(%)	n	Agree(%)	κ(%)	n	Agree (%)	κ(%)
PR bleeding	121	94	89	60	73	73	118	89	86
Abdominal pain	117	89	78	57	74	61	110	86	76
CBH	120	77	55	57	70	65	111	77	63
Fatigue	114	84	68	57	75	71	102	83	66
Urgency	105	80	58	51	78	70	99	72	51
Incomplete Evacuation	109	74	59	58	79	60	102	74	46
Anal pain	57	84	58	57	77	45	55	78	50
Weight loss	115	90	68	58	91	67	112	94	75
Anal lump	117	87	57	58	86	61	116	88	55
Mucus	120	90	64	58	90	69	118	90	55
Abdominal lump	119	94	44	58	95	65	118	96	37
Median		88	59		79	66		86	55

Note: n refers to the total number of patients and doctors answering this question (for the time since onset, the results are based only on the second phase questionnaire). CBH = Change in bowel habit

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