Table 2

Agreement Between Patient Self-Reports and General Practitioner (GP) Reports of Patients’ Chronic Conditions (n = 233 Patient-GP Pairs)

Chronic conditionaPatient Report n (%) 95% CIGP Report N (%) 95% CIPatient-GP AgreementbAgreement Statistic κ (95% CI)
Patient–, GP–Patient+, GP–Patient–, GP+Patient+, GP+
High blood pressure80 (34.3) [28.2-40.4]90 (38.6) [32.4-44.9]134919710.74 (0.64-0.85)
Osteoarthritis59 (25.3) [19.7-30.9]42 (18.0) [13.1-22.9]1573417250.36 (0.25-0.46)
Chronic anxiety disorder33 (14.2) [9.7-18.7]32 (13.7) [9.2-18.1]176252480.12 (0.00-0.30)
Chronic sleeping disorder33 (14.2) [9.7-18.7]7 (3.0) [0.8-5.2]19729340.16 (0.00-0.32)
Chronic low-back pain32 (13.7) [9.2-18.1]29 (12.4) [8.2-16.7]1832118110.26 (0.03-0.42)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease or chronic gastritis31 (13.3) [8.9-17.7]32 (13.7) [9.2-18.1]1861516160.43 (0.29-0.53)
Hearing impairment or presbycusis27 (11.6) [7.5-15.7]7 (3.0) [0.8-5.2]20521160.32 (0.03-0.56)
Chronic rhinitis or sinusitis25 (10.7) [6.7-14.7]17 (7.3) [4.0-10.6]20016890.37 (0.23-0.51)
Asthma24 (10.3) [6.4-14.2]18 (7.8) [4.5-11.2]203126120.53 (0.35-0.71)
Tobacco use22 (9.4) [5.7-13.1]25 (10.7) [6.7-14.7]201710150.60 (0.46-0.74)
  • a For clarity, we report only the results for the 10 most prevalent chronic conditions (according to patient self-reports). The results for all chronic conditions are in Supplemental Table 4 (http://www.AnnFamMed.org/content/17/5/396/suppl/DC1).

  • b Symbols indicate whether the GP or patient reported (+) or did not report (–) the condition.