Table 4: The inter-rater reliability of NIPS between five nurses using NIPS to assess pain score before, during and after clinical procedures at the first and second assessment

Before (n=30) During (n=30) After (n=30)
ICC (95%CI) p ICC (95%CI) p ICC (95%CI) p
First assessment 0.77 (0.66; 0.87) <0.01 0.28 (0.14; 0.48) <0.01 0.60 (0.45; 0.75) <0.01
Second assessment 0.77 (0.66; 0.87) <0.01 0.33 (0.18; 0.53) <0.01 0.63 (0.48; 0.77) <0.01
ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval
Five nurses assessed 30 videos, two-way random-effects absolute agreement model was used to assess inter-rater reliability