Validation of the English version of the UNESP-Botucatu multidimensional composite pain scale for assessing postoperative pain in cats

Table 4 Agreement among blinded observers for each item and total and partial pain scores – video analysis

Items	Agreement among blinded observers
	All assessment times	T2 separately
Posture	0.94 (0.92 - 0.98)	0.86 (0.78 - 0.92)
Comfort	0.92 (0.89 - 0.94)	0.61 (0.46 - 0.76)
Activity	0.86 (0.82 - 0.89)	0.57 (0.41 - 0.73)
Attitude	0.91 (0.88 - 0.93)	0.66 (0.52 - 0.79)
Miscellaneous behaviors	0.94 (0.92 - 0.95)	0.73 (0.60 - 0.84)
Reaction to palpation of surgical wound	0.92 (0.90 - 0.94)	0.81 (0.71 - 0.89)
Reaction to palpation of abdomen/flank	0.89 (0.87 - 0.92)	0.78 (0.66 - 0.88)
Appetite	0.93 (0.91 - 0.95)	0.92 (0.87 - 0.96)
Vocalization	0.89 (0.86 - 0.91)	0.88 (0.81 - 0.93)
Total Score	0.98 (0.98 - 0.99)	0.92 (0.87 - 0.96)
Partial Score Subscale 1 ‘Pain Expression’	0.97 (0.96 - 0.98)	0.92 (0.87 - 0.96)
Partial Score Subscale 2 ‘Psychomotor change’	0.96 (0.95 - 0.97)	0.81 (0.71 - 0.89)

Agreement among blinded observers, assessed by intra-class correlation coefficient (95% CI), for each scale item and total and partial scores from subscales 1 and 2, at all time points (preoperative, postoperative before and after analgesia, and 24 hours after the end of surgery), and for T2 (postoperative before analgesia) independently.
Interpretation: 0.81 – 1.0 very good; 0.61 – 0.80 good; 0.41 – 0.6 moderate; 0.21 – 0.4 fair; < 0.2 poor.

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