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Table 2 Reliability estimates of raters across six regions

From: A rasch model to test the cross-cultural validity in the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) across six geo-cultural groups

Geo-cultural group

Positive symptoms

Negative symptoms

General psychopathology

Total PANSS score

Northern Europe

    

         ICC (95% Confidence Interval)

0.987 (0.948, 0.996)

0.928 (0.831, 0.985)

0.926 (0.929, 0.984)

0.973 (0.958, 0.985)

Southern Europe

    

         ICC (95% Confidence Interval)

0.991 (0.979, 0.998)

0.967 (0.921, 0.993)

0.982 (0.968, 0.993)

0.987 (0.980, 0.993)

Russia & Ukraine

    

         ICC (95% Confidence Interval)

0.987 (0.969, 0.997)

0.975 (0.939, 0.995)

0.978 (0.960, 0.991)

0.983 (0.975, 0.990)

India

    

         ICC (95% Confidence Interval)

0.986 (0.966, 0.997)

0.955 (0.895, 0.991)

0.981 (0.965, 0.993)

0.984 (0.975, 0.991)

Eastern Asia

    

         ICC (95% Confidence Interval)

0.987 (0.969, 0.997)

0.953 (0.888, 0.990)

0.980 (0.963, 0.992)

0.981 (0.970, 0.989)

United States of America

    

         ICC (95% Confidence Interval)

0.992 (0.980, 0.998)

0.965 (0.916, 0.993)

0.988 (0.978, 0.995)

0.990 (0.983, 0.994)