Sonja Mensch

102 Chapter 5 Table 3. Pearson correlation of Movakic score and expert judgment score at baseline, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 months N r Baseline (T0) 60 .55** 3 months (T1) 54 .71** 6 months (T2) 45 .59** 9 months (T3) 41 .50* 12 months (T4) 33 .66** 15 months (T5) 27 .67** * p <0.05; ** p <0.01 r = Pearson correlation coefficient Table 4. Mean score changes and ICC’s in event and no event groups Mean Movakic scores Event/No event N Absolute mean score change ( SD ) ICC (95%CI) 1 Event 68 12.38 (14.97) .78 (.64 - .86) No event 235 6.84 (6.92) .95 (.94 - .96) 1 ICC for agreement of T0 and T1 Movakic scores, with 95%-confidence intervals ICC = Intra Class Correlation SD = Standard deviation As shown in table 5 the proportion of change in score between 3-months intervals increased in 42.7% and decreased in 48.5% of the event group. Table 5. Direction of Movakic score changes in event group Direction of change* Event group N=68 % N Increase score 42.7 29 Decrease score 48.5 33 Stable score 8.8 6 * Direction of Movakic score change between 3-months intervals in event group