Table 1 Assessment of the likely effectiveness of surgical intervention after fracture of the calcaneus for four example cases and up to six clinical experts
Case | Assessment | Clinical Expert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Case 1 | Much Worse | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Â | Significantly Worse | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Â | A Bit Worse | 10 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 21 |
| Â | No Difference | 20 | 50 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 36 |
| Â | A Bit Better | 30 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 23 |
| Â | Significantly Better | 20 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Â | Much Better | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Case 2 | Much Worse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Â | Significantly Worse | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Â | A Bit Worse | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Â | No Difference | 15 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 20 | - |
| Â | A Bit Better | 40 | 40 | 32 | 35 | 45 | - |
| Â | Significantly Better | 30 | 50 | 48 | 40 | 30 | - |
| Â | Much Better | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
Case 3 | Much Worse | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Â | Significantly Worse | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| Â | A Bit Worse | 15 | 30 | 10 | 20 | - | - |
| Â | No Difference | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | - | - |
| Â | A Bit Better | 20 | 10 | 30 | 20 | - | - |
| Â | Significantly Better | 15 | 10 | 20 | 15 | - | - |
| Â | Much Better | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | - | - |
Case 4 | Much Worse | 20 | 5 | 40 | 10 | 20 | - |
| Â | Significantly Worse | 60 | 85 | 50 | 80 | 70 | - |
| Â | A Bit Worse | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Â | No Difference | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Â | A Bit Better | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Â | Significantly Better | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Â | Much Better | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |