Table 3 Reliability (Cohen’s Kappa values) of DC/TMD diagnoses compared to the reference standard examiner
Course | Self | Self + course | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range |
Pain-related TMD and headache | ||||||
Myalgia | 0.91 | (0.88 - 1.00) | 0.65 | (0.50 - 0.75) | 1.00 | (0.82 - 1.00) |
Local myalgia | 0.84 | (0.71 - 1.00) | n.a. | n.a. | 0.43 | (0.14 - 0.70) |
Myofascial pain with referral | 0.76 | (0.60 - 0.81) | 0.62 | (0.35 - 0.70) | 0.26 | (0.07 - 0.70) |
Arthralgia | 0.66 | (0.42 - 0.87) | 0.47 | (0.47 - 0.60) | 0.74 | (0.62 - 0.81) |
Headache attributed to TMD | 0.84 | (0.70 - 0.86) | 0.82 | (0.60 - 1.00) | 1.00 | (0.87 - 1.00) |
Intra-articular joint disorders | ||||||
Degenerative joint disease | 0.66 | (0.66 - 0.92) | 0.81 | (0.71 - 0.81) | 0.73 | (0.73 - 0.81) |
Disc displacement with reduction | 0.44 | (0.24 - 0.61) | 0.52 | (0.35 - 0.84) | 0.73 | (0.73 - 0.81) |