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. 2023 Apr 26;29(9):1049–1056. doi: 10.1177/13524585231167740

Table 1.

Test characteristics for previously defined cut-points for depression and anxiety screening measures.

Instrument Cutpoint⩾ Sens Spec PPV NPV Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) Test–retest
Intraclass correlation coefficient
Depression
PHQ-2 3 0.68 0.86 0.35 0.96 0.80 0.86
PHQ-9 10 0.84 0.76 0.29 0.97 0.87 0.85
PHQ-9 12 0.80 0.84 0.36 0.97
PHQ-9 7 0.76 0.76 0.27 0.96
HADS-D 8 0.69 0.81 0.30 0.96 0.82 0.83
HADS-D 11 0.31 0.95 0.40 0.92
PROMIS-D T score 57.7 0.85 0.78 0.31 0.98 0.95 0.85
PROMIS-D D T score 60 0.69 0.85 0.35 0.96
Kessler-6 15 0.81 0.80 0.32 0.97
Kessler-6 19 0.31 0.94 0.36 0.92 0.87 0.87
Anxiety
GAD-7 7 0.91 0.72 0.13 0.99
GAD-7 10 0.54 0.83 0.13 0.97 0.92 0.76
OASIS 8 0.73 0.81 0.15 0.98 0.90 0.73
HADS-A 8 0.82 0.68 0.10 0.99 0.86 0.83
HADS-A 9 0.82 0.59 0.08 0.99
HADS-A 11 0.64 0.86 0.18 0.98
PROMIS Anxiety T score 60 0.73 0.83 0.16 0.98 0.95 0.79
PROMIS Anxiety T score 54.3 0.82 0.62 0.09 0.99

Sens: sensitivity; spec: specificity; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; PHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-2; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; OASIS: Overall Anxiety and Severity Impairment Scale; HADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—depression score; HADS-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—anxiety score; PROMIS-D: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System- Depression 8a; PROMIS-A: PROMIS-Anxiety 8a.