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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Apr 15;151:34–41. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.03.022

Table 3.

(Sensitivity and specificity, based on Most and Any methods).

Condition Method Prevalence Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Any psychopathology Most 0.69 0.70 0.63 0.86 0.91 0.50
Any 0.77 0.74 0.83 0.91 0.58
Any non-HD psychopathology Most 0.60 0.74 0.67 0.84 0.86 0.63
Any 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.85 0.73
Any anxiety Most 0.35 0.72 0.50 0.84 0.63 0.76
Any 0.73 0.65 0.77 0.60 0.80
HD Most 0.50 0.56 0.11 1.00 1.00 0.53
Any 0.60 0.19 1.00 1.00 0.55
Depression Most 0.45 0.74 0.53 0.92 0.85 0.70
Any 0.77 0.66 0.86 0.80 0.76
Panic disorder Most 0.15 0.87 0.23 0.98 0.73 0.88
Any 0.87 0.49 0.94 0.59 0.91
GAD Most 0.22 0.79 0.59 0.84 0.51 0.88
Any 0.72 0.65 0.74 0.41 0.88
PTSD Most 0.13 0.87 0.47 0.93 0.48 0.92
Any 0.85 0.53 0.90 0.43 0.93
Social phobia Most 0.09 0.91 0.14 0.98 0.43 0.92
Any 0.88 0.24 0.94 0.28 0.93
OCD Most 0.06 0.92 0.07 0.98 0.17 0.94
Any 0.89 0.13 0.94 0.13 0.94
Bipolar disorder Most 0.05 0.94 0.36 0.97 0.40 0.97
Any 0.94 0.36 0.97 0.36 0.97

Descriptive statistics of accuracy of self-endorsement based on the most and any method vs clinical interviews (N = 235). Prevalence refers to the proportion of cases in the clinical diagnoses.