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Interrater reliability of client categorization system as a psychiatric status rating scale in measuring psychiatric patients’ health status

Background Reliable instrument is needed by nurses to measure patient’s status. This study aimed to determine the interrater reliability of client categorization system instrument used in psychiatric setting.

Methods Data was collected two periods in a year by twelve raters. They used the CCS to simultaneously gauge the condition of 30 patients for 98 measurements. Data was analyzed using the Cohen’s-Kappa formula and percent agreement.

Results The analysis showed that the Cohen-Kappa values of interrater reliability were 0.59 which can be categorized as moderate (accepted, if value >0.41) and percent agreement value was 77.78% indicated acceptable.

Conclusions The CSS has moderate and acceptable category of interrater reliability and can be recommended for use in clinical practice.