Table 3

Interrater and Test–Retest Reliability of the Revised General Surgery Priority Criteria by 10 Surgeons

Item	Interrater reliability, ICC^*	Test–retest reliability, ICC^†
1. Usual frequency of painful episodes/suffering	0.67	0.77
2. How intense is the pain at its worst	0.82	0.83
3. Usual intensity of other forms of suffering	0.70	n/c
4. Degree of impairment in usual activities due to surgical condition	0.77	0.74
5. Recent history of major complications or significant examination/test results	0.34 (κ)	0.33 (κ)
6. Life expectancy implications of the condition without the procedure	0.86	0.89
7. Expected improvement in life expectancy with surgery	0.56	0.67
8. Visual analogue scale urgency	0.83	0.92

↵* Data collected in January 2001
↵† Test–retest interval was approximately 2 mo.
‡ Intraclass correlation coefficient. Higher value indicates greater agreement.
ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient, n/c = not computed since the item was not identical in the test and retest versions.