From: Inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the “standardized endoscopic swallowing evaluation for tracheostomy decannulation in critically ill neurologic patients”
Item tested
Light’s κ (95%-confidence interval)
Secretion
1.0 (1.00–1.00)
Spontaneous Swallows
0.93 (0.81–1.05)
Laryngeal Sensibility/Cough
0.76 (0.41–1.11)
Decannulation
0.86 (0.64–1.09)