Table 3

Calculated κ values illustrating the level of agreement between panel groups in defining quality of care

	Carer	Clinical psychologist	Commissioner	Counsellor	CPN	GP	Nurse	Patient	Psychiatrist	Social work	Voluntary
–: κ<0.2 (poor agreement); normal type: κ = 0.20–0.4 (fair agreement); bold type: κ>0.4 (moderate agreement).
Carer	×	0.344	–	–	0.366	–	–	0.344	–	0.215	0.481
Clinical psychologist	0.309	×	0.485	0.370	0.564	0.276	0.460	0.388	0.335	0.467	0.564
Commissioner	–	0.485	×	0.564	0.37	0.393	0.587	0.360	0.520	0.488	0.385
Counsellor	–	0.370	0.564	×	0.247	0.501	0.490	0.292	0.481	0.415	0.300
CPN	0.366	0.564	0.370	0.247	×	–	0.392	0.448	0.214	0.353	0.562
GP	–	0.276	0.393	0.501	–	×	0.347	–	0.579	0.425	–
Nurse	–	0.460	0.587	0.490	0.392	0.347	×	0.306	0.413	0.438	0.330
Patient	0.344	0.388	0.360	0.292	0.448	–	0.306	×	–	0.273	0.546
Psychiatrist	–	0.335	0.520	0.481	0.214	0.579	0.413	–	×	0.524	0.203
Social work	0.215	0.467	0.488	0.415	0.353	0.425	0.438	0.273	0.524	×	0.382
Voluntary	0.481	0.564	0.385	0.300	0.562	–	0.330	0.546	0.203	0.382	X