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Table 2 Test-retest reliability in a group of ‘experts’

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)