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Table 4 Intrarater reliability (repeatability) for corneal rupture suturing assessing scale

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

Item

ICC

95% CI

Lower bound

Upper bound

Preoperative preparation

0.907***

0.867

0.935

Microscope use

0.934***

0.906

0.954

Instrument handling

0.866***

0.811

0.906

Hand coordination

0.904***

0.863

0.933

Suturing

0.865***

0.810

0.905

Suturing order

0.954***

0.934

0.968

Suturing interval

0.919***

0.884

0.943

Suturing width

0.901***

0.860

0.931

Suturing depth

0.885***

0.837

0.920

Knotting

0.916***

0.880

0.941

Knots tightness

0.833***

0.767

0.822

Knots rotation

0.843***

0.779

0.889

Wound closure and anterior chamber formation

0.901***

0.859

0.931

Postoperative clean up

0.893***

0.848

0.925

Overall performance

0.940***

0.915

0.959

Total score

0.946***

0.922

0.962

  1. ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidential interval
  2. ***: P < 0.001