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Table 2 Agreements between GPs’ and patients’ answers (Cohen’s kappa)

From: How well do general practitioners know their elderly patients’ social relations and feelings of loneliness?

Question

Kappa coefficient

Visits by friends or family in the last month (three levels)

0.1782

Visited friends or family in the last month (three levels)

0.0821

Participated in leisure activities outside the home in the last month (three levels)

0.1575

Visits by friends or family in the last month (two levels: minimum weekly/less)

0.2088

Visited friends or family in the last month (two levels: minimum weekly/less)

0.1168

Participated in leisure activities outside the home in the last month(two levels: minimum weekly/less)

0.2348

Loneliness

(four levels)

0.1801

Loneliness

(two levels)

0.2607

Social participation

(dichotomized score by Avlund et al.)

0.1576

Social participation

(our three level score)

0.1355

Alone though wanting to be with others

0.1621

Having someone to talk to if problems or needing support

0.0358