Table 3 Retest reliability of the CSS questionnaire in the Chinese version.

From: Evaluation of the Chinese version of the constipation scoring system in Chinese women with pelvic organ prolapse

 

Mean ± standard deviation

Kappa value

ICC

Test

Retest

1. Defecate frequency

0.17 ± 0.40

0.18 ± 0.46

0.830

0.794

2. Difficulties: painful bowel movements

0.99 ± 1.26

0.82 ± 1.15

0.704

0.824

3. Empty: Incomplete emptying

1.57 ± 1.29

1.48 ± 1.27

0.595

0.695

4. Pain: abdominal pain

0.46 ± 0.89

0.31 ± 0.73

0.581

0.759

5. Time: Try defecation time (minutes)

0.87 ± 0.86

0.83 ± 0.88

0.814

0.875

6. Assisted defecation: Assisted type

0.74 ± 0.89

0.70 ± 0.88

0.787

0.774

7. Failure to defecate: The number of failed defecations per 24 h

0.69 ± 0.57

0.57 ± 0.58

0.675

0.690

8. History: Course of constipation (year)

1.22 ± 1.40

1.27 ± 1.40

0.877

0.920

  1. Intraclass correlation analysis results showed that the ICCs of all items ranged from 0.690 to 0.920. The retest reliability of the questionnaire was good.
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