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Table 2 Comparison of data obtained from community health workers (CHW) and from researchers (RES) and the concordance (Kappa statistic) of 28 different variables from the data collection instrument on people with disabilities. (Missing -Lost Data; k – Kappa value)

From: Reliability of information on people with disabilities gathered by community health workers in highly consanguineous communities of Northeastern Brazil

Variables and Categorization

CHW

RES

k

Variables and Categorization

CHW

RES

k

N = 106

N = 106

N = 106

N = 106

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

1

1 - Female

48

45.3

54

50.9

0.95

17

0 – Not until 18 years old

77

72.6

84

79.2

0.39

2 - Male

39

36.8

48

45.3

1 - Yes. up to 18 years old

22

20.8

20

18.9

Missing (gender)

19

17.9

4

3.8

MISSING (manifests in childhood)

7

6.6

2

1.9

2

1 - Illiterate

59

55.7

66

62.3

0.69

18

0 – Not between 18 and 49

74

69.8

82

77.4

0.51

2 - Literate

33

31.1

38

35.8

1 - Yes. between 18 and 49

23

21.7

22

20.8

Missing (schooling)

14

13.2

2

1.9

MISSING (adulthood)

9

8.5

2

1.9

3

1 – Does not work

92

86.8

93

87.7

0.36

19

0 - Not after 50 years

81

76.4

83

78.3

0.61

2- Works

9

8.5

10

9.4

1 - Yes. after 50 years

17

16

21

19.8

Missing (occupation)

5

4.7

3

2.8

MISSING (aging)

7

6.6

2

1.9

4

1 – Does not receive pension

31

29.2

55

51.9

0.52

20

0 - Blank

87

82.1

87

82.1

0.48

2 – Receives pension

42

39.6

44

41.5

1 - See little from childhood

2

1.9

3

2.8

Missing (retirement)

33

31.1

7

6.6

2 - Blind since birth

2

1.9

0

0

5

1 – Does not receive benefit

27

25.5

47

44.3

0.62

3 - Became blind

5

4.7

6

5.7

2 - Receives benefit

54

50.9

43

40.6

4 - Lost his sight to blindness

3

2.8

8

7.5

Missing (benefit)

25

23.6

16

15.1

MISSING (visual impairment)

7

6.6

2

1.9

6

1 - Married

31

29.2

32

30.2

0.69

21

0 - Blank

86

81.1

87

82.1

0.65

2 - Single

56

52.8

70

66

1 - Unilateral vision loss

8

7.5

10

9.4

Missing (marital status)

19

17.9

4

3.8

2 - Bilateral vision loss

3

2.8

6

5.7

7

1 - Does not have children

55

51.9

58

54.7

0.87

MISSING (laterality)

8

7.5

3

2.8

2 – Has children

43

40.6

46

43.4

22

0 - Blank

87

82.1

87

82.1

0.66

Missing (children)

8

7.5

2

1.9

1 - There is no report

2

1.9

6

5.7

8

1 - Parents not related

66

62.3

71

67

0.73

2 - Yes. there is a report

8

7.5

9

8.5

2 – Parents related

20

18.9

26

28.5

MISSING (ophthalmologist report)

9

8.5

4

3.8

Missing (kinship)

20

18.9

9

8.5

23

0 - Blank

86

81.1

95

89.6

0.44

9

0 - Outbred

61

57.5

71

67

0.55

1 - Retinitis pigmentary

1

0.9

0

0

1- Uncle/Nephew

1

0.9

0

0

2- Optic nerve atrophy

0

0

1

0.9

2 – Double first Cousins

3

2.8

1

0.9

3 - Glaucoma

2

1.9

3

2.8

3 - Cousins 1st Degree

13

12.3

13

12.3

4 - Other

9

8.5

2

1.9

4 - Cousins 2nd Degree

5

4.7

7

6.6

MISSING (diagnosis)

8

7.5

5

4.7

5 - Cousins 3rd Degree

3

2.8

1

0.9

24

0 - Blank

92

86.8

92

86.8

0.59

6 – More distant

12

11.3

11

10.4

1 – Has been deaf since childhood

1

0.9

3

2.8

Missing (degree of kinship)

8

7.5

2

1.9

2 - Deaf and dumb

2

1.9

0

0

10

0 - There is no visual impairment

88

83

88

83

0.7

3 – Progressive loss of hearing

8

7.5

8

7.5

1 – There is visual impairment

13

12.3

18

17

4 - Was losing hearing

1

0.9

2

1.9

Missing (visual disabilities)

5

4.7

0

0

MISSING (hearing loss)

2

1.9

1

0.9

11

0 - There is no hearing deficiency

93

87.7

93

87.7

0.77

25

0 - Blank

92

86.8

92

86.8

0.87

1 - Yes. hearing

12

11.3

13

12.3

1 - Unilateral hearing loss

3

2.8

3

2.8

Missing (hearing disabilities)

1

0.9

0

0

2 - Bilateral hearing loss

5

4.7

7

6.6

12

0 – There is no physical disability

49

46.2

50

47.2

0.81

MISSING (laterality)

6

5.7

4

3.8

1 – Yes. physical disability

49

46.2

55

51.9

26

0 - Blank

92

86.8

92

86.8

0.89

Missing (physical disability)

8

7.5

1

0.9

1 - Did not have audiometry

2

1.9

6

5.7

13

0 - There is no intellectual deficiency

66

62.3

69

65.1

0.85

2 – Yes. did audiometry

2

1.9

4

3.8

1 - Yes. intellectual deficiency

35

33

37

34.9

MISSING (speech therapy)

10

9.4

4

3.8

Missing (intellectual deficiency)

5

4.7

0

0

27

0 - Blank

94

88.7

99

93.4

1.00

14

0 – Blank

67

63.2

67

63.2

0.89

1- Deafness light degree

0

0

0

0

1 – Intellectual deficiency

26

24.5

31

29.2

2 - Moderate deafness

0

0

0

0

2 - T. Psychiatric

4

3.8

2

1.9

3 - Severe deafness

1

0.9

2

1.9

3 - Psychiatric and intellectual

2

1.8

2

1.9

4 - Deafness severe degree

0

0

1

0.9

Missing (association)

7

6.6

4

3.8

MISSING (degree of hearing loss)

11

10.4

4

3.8

15

0- Blank

63

59.4

67

63.2

0.43

28

0 - Blank

94

88.7

99

93.4

a

1 – There is no Down syndrome

13

12.3

9

8.5

1 - Sensorineural loss

0

0

1

0.9

2 - Yes. Down syndrome

1

0.9

3

2.8

2 - Conductive or mixed loss

0

0

1

0.9

Missing (Down syndrome)

29

27.4

27

25.5

MISSING

12

11.3

5

4.7

16

0 – It is not congenital

61

57.5

62

58.5

0.68

 

1 - Yes. it is congenital

38

35.8

42

  
  1. p<0.01 for all cases
  2. a It was not possible to calculate the value of Kappa