BACKGROUND AND AIM: An endoscopic classification of Diverticular Disease (DD), called DICA (Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment) is currently available. It scores severity of the disease as DICA 1, DICA 2 and DICA 3. Our aim was to assess the agreement levels for this classification among an endoscopist community setting. METHODS: A total of 66 endoscopists independently scored a set of DD endoscopic videos. The percentages of overall agreement on the DICA score and a free-marginal multirater kappa (κ) coefficient were reported as statistical measures of the inter-rater agreement. RESULTS: The overall agreement levels were: 70.2% for DICA 1, 70.5% for DICA 2, 81.3% for DICA 3. The free marginal κ was: 0.553 for DICA 1, 0.558 for DICA 2, 0.719 for DICA 3. The agreement levels among the expert group were: 78.8% for DICA 1, 80.2% for DICA 2, 88.5% for DICA 3. The free marginal κ among the expert group were: 0.682 for DICA 1, 0.712 for DICA 2, 0.828 for DICA 3. The agreement of expert raters on the single item of the DICA classification was superior to the agreement of the overall group. CONCLUSIONS: The overall inter-rater agreement for DICA score in this study ranges from moderate to good, with a significant improvement in the expert subgroup of raters. Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment is a simple and reproducible endoscopic scoring system.

The "DICA" endoscopic classification for diverticular disease of the colon shows a significant interobserver agreement among community endoscopists / Tursi, Antonio; Brandimarte, Giovanni; di Mario, Francesco; Nardone, Gerardo; Scarpignato, Carmelo; Picchio, Marcello; Elisei, Walter; Allegretta, Leonardo; Laura Annunziata, Maria; Astegiano, Marco; Baldi, Fabio; Bassotti, Gabrio; Bianco, Maria Antonietta; Cambie, Ginevra; Capezzuto, Erminio; Caroli, Alessandro; Cassieri, Claudio; Salvatore Cicu, Antonio; Ciliberto, Enrico; Colucci, Raffaele; Conigliaro, Rita; Damiani, Alberto; De Colibus, Patrizia; De Medici, Antonio; De Pretis, Giovanni; Del Favero, Giuseppe; Della Valle, Nicola; Di Cesare, Luigi; Faggiani, Roberto; Febbraro, Stefania; Ferrini, Luciano; Fiorella, Serafina; Forti, Giacomo; Franceschi, Marilisa; Frunzio, Andrea; Germana’, Bastianello; Marco Giorgetti, Gian; Giovannone, Maurizio; Giovanna Graziani, Maria; Antonia Lai, Maria; Latella, Giovanni; Giuseppina Lecca, Piera; Lisi, Daniele; Riccardo Lopetuso, Loris; Maconi, Giovanni; Domenico Mandelli, Enzo; Marmo, Riccardo; Maurano, Attilio; Pallotta, Lorella; Papa, Alfredo; Parmeggiani, Francesca; Penna, ANTONIO DOMENICO; Pigo’, Flavia; Pontone, Stefano; Pranzo, Giuseppe; Ricciardelli, Cristina; Luca Rizzo, Giovanni; Rodino’, Stefano; Savarino, Edoardo; Scaccianoce, Giuseppe; Scaldaferri, Franco; Schiffino, Luigi; Semeraro, Chiara; Stroppa, Italo; Urgesi, Riccardo; Vassallo, Roberto; Violi, Alessandra; Zampaletta, Costantino; Zilli, Maurizio; Zullo, Angelo. - In: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISEASES. - ISSN 1842-1121. - 28:1(2019), pp. 23-27. [10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.281]

The "DICA" endoscopic classification for diverticular disease of the colon shows a significant interobserver agreement among community endoscopists

Marcello Picchio;Maria Antonietta Bianco;Alessandro Caroli;Claudio Cassieri;Antonio Penna;Stefano Pontone;Roberto Vassallo;
2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: An endoscopic classification of Diverticular Disease (DD), called DICA (Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment) is currently available. It scores severity of the disease as DICA 1, DICA 2 and DICA 3. Our aim was to assess the agreement levels for this classification among an endoscopist community setting. METHODS: A total of 66 endoscopists independently scored a set of DD endoscopic videos. The percentages of overall agreement on the DICA score and a free-marginal multirater kappa (κ) coefficient were reported as statistical measures of the inter-rater agreement. RESULTS: The overall agreement levels were: 70.2% for DICA 1, 70.5% for DICA 2, 81.3% for DICA 3. The free marginal κ was: 0.553 for DICA 1, 0.558 for DICA 2, 0.719 for DICA 3. The agreement levels among the expert group were: 78.8% for DICA 1, 80.2% for DICA 2, 88.5% for DICA 3. The free marginal κ among the expert group were: 0.682 for DICA 1, 0.712 for DICA 2, 0.828 for DICA 3. The agreement of expert raters on the single item of the DICA classification was superior to the agreement of the overall group. CONCLUSIONS: The overall inter-rater agreement for DICA score in this study ranges from moderate to good, with a significant improvement in the expert subgroup of raters. Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment is a simple and reproducible endoscopic scoring system.
2019
agreement; colonoscopy; diverticular disease of the colon; ; endoscopic classification
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The "DICA" endoscopic classification for diverticular disease of the colon shows a significant interobserver agreement among community endoscopists / Tursi, Antonio; Brandimarte, Giovanni; di Mario, Francesco; Nardone, Gerardo; Scarpignato, Carmelo; Picchio, Marcello; Elisei, Walter; Allegretta, Leonardo; Laura Annunziata, Maria; Astegiano, Marco; Baldi, Fabio; Bassotti, Gabrio; Bianco, Maria Antonietta; Cambie, Ginevra; Capezzuto, Erminio; Caroli, Alessandro; Cassieri, Claudio; Salvatore Cicu, Antonio; Ciliberto, Enrico; Colucci, Raffaele; Conigliaro, Rita; Damiani, Alberto; De Colibus, Patrizia; De Medici, Antonio; De Pretis, Giovanni; Del Favero, Giuseppe; Della Valle, Nicola; Di Cesare, Luigi; Faggiani, Roberto; Febbraro, Stefania; Ferrini, Luciano; Fiorella, Serafina; Forti, Giacomo; Franceschi, Marilisa; Frunzio, Andrea; Germana’, Bastianello; Marco Giorgetti, Gian; Giovannone, Maurizio; Giovanna Graziani, Maria; Antonia Lai, Maria; Latella, Giovanni; Giuseppina Lecca, Piera; Lisi, Daniele; Riccardo Lopetuso, Loris; Maconi, Giovanni; Domenico Mandelli, Enzo; Marmo, Riccardo; Maurano, Attilio; Pallotta, Lorella; Papa, Alfredo; Parmeggiani, Francesca; Penna, ANTONIO DOMENICO; Pigo’, Flavia; Pontone, Stefano; Pranzo, Giuseppe; Ricciardelli, Cristina; Luca Rizzo, Giovanni; Rodino’, Stefano; Savarino, Edoardo; Scaccianoce, Giuseppe; Scaldaferri, Franco; Schiffino, Luigi; Semeraro, Chiara; Stroppa, Italo; Urgesi, Riccardo; Vassallo, Roberto; Violi, Alessandra; Zampaletta, Costantino; Zilli, Maurizio; Zullo, Angelo. - In: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISEASES. - ISSN 1842-1121. - 28:1(2019), pp. 23-27. [10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.281]
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