Development of a new valid and reliable microsurgical skill assessment scale for ophthalmology residents

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 3 Interrater reliability of 23 observers for corneal rupture suturing assessing scale

	ICC	95% CI
	ICC	Lower bound	Upper bound
Preoperative preparation	0.953^***	0.888	0.989
Microscope use	0.976^***	0.942	0.994
Instrument handling	0.940^***	0.857	0.986
Hand coordination	0.963^***	0.913	0.991
Suturing	0.866^***	0.682	0.968
Suturing order	0.971^***	0.932	0.993
Suturing interval	0.943^***	0.863	0.986
Suturing width	0.939^***	0.855	0.985
Suturing depth	0.860^***	0.668	0.967
Knotting	0.922^***	0.815	0.981
Knots tightness	0.886^***	0.728	0.973
Knots rotation	0.913^***	0.793	0.979
Wound closure and anterior chamber formation	0.892^***	0.744	0.974
Postoperative clean up	0.920^***	0.809	0.981
Overall performance	0.965^***	0.917	0.992
Total score	0.959^***	0.901	0.990

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