Difficulties experienced by young people with Tourette syndrome in secondary school: a mixed methods description of self, parent and staff perspectives

Table 3 Agreement between self-, parent- and staff-reports of school difficulties

School difficulties	Agreement between self- and parent-report	Agreement between self- and staff-report	Agreement between parent- and staff-report
School difficulties	Kappa [95 % CI]	Kappa [95 % CI]	Kappa [95 % CI]
Concentration	.07 [−.27, .40]	.08 [−.24, .40]	.14 [−.18, .45]
Unhelpful staff response to tics	.35 [.04, .67]*	.32 [.01, .53]*	.18 [−.03, .40]
Difficulties with other students	.66 [.42, .90]**	.00 [−.24, .24]	.10 [−.18, .38]
Homework	.26 [−.06, .58]	.32 [.03, 61]*	.44 [.19, .68]**
Examinations	.16 [−.17, .48]	.13 [−.17, .42]	.41 [.09, .75]*
Anxiety in school	.34 [.01, .67]*	.02 [−.29, .32]	.14 [−.18, .45]
Writing	.64 [.35, .93]**	.30 [−.06, .66]	.42 [.09, .76]*
Managing anger in school	.10 [−.24, .45]	.08 [−.26, .42]	.25 [−.12,.61]

Note. Kappa < 0 = no agreement, 0 to 0.20 = slight agreement, 0.21 to 0.40 = fair agreement, 0.41 to 0.60 = moderate agreement, 0.61 to 0.80 = substantial agreement, 0.81 to 1.00 = almost perfect agreement [44]
*p < .05. **p < .01

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