Table 3.
Classification of patients with eventual GAD and MDE.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAS-Q Positive 73/1,238 = 5.9%) | Major Depressive Episode (DSQ Positive 125/1,385 = 9.0%) | |||
Patients' HADS-A ≥ 8 | GPs' CGI-S ≥ 3 | Patients' HADS-D ≥ 8 | GPs' CGI-S ≥ 3 | |
Sensitivity / Specificity | 0.89 / 0.75 | 0.52 / 0.85 | 0.80 / 0.88 | 0.79 / 0.81 |
Classification | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) |
True positive disorder | 5.3 (4.1–6.5)* | 3.1 (2.1–4.1) | 7.2 (5.8–8.6) | 7.1 (5.7–8.5) |
False positive disorder | 23.5 (21.1–25.9)* | 14.1 (12.2–16.0) | 10.9 (9.3–12.5) | 17.3 (15.3–19.3)* |
Observed disordered | 28.8 (26.3–31.3)* | 17.2 (15.1–19.3) | 18.1 (16.1–20.1) | 24.4 (22.1–26.7)* |
True positive healthy | 70.6 (68.1–73.1) | 80.0 (77.8–82.2)* | 80.1 (78.0–82.2)* | 73.7 (71.4–76.0) |
False positive healthy | 0.6 (0.2–1.0) | 2.8 (1.9–3.7)* | 1.8 (1.1–2.5) | 1.9 (1.2–2.6) |
Observed healthy | 71.2 (68.7–73.7) | 82.8 (80.7–84.9)* | 81.9 (79.9–83.9)* | 75.6 (73.3–77.9) |
Total rightly classified | 75.9 (73.5–78.3) | 83.1 (81.0–85.2)* | 87.3 (85.5–89.1)* | 80.8 (78.7–82.9) |
Total wrongly classified | 24.1 (21.7–26.5)* | 16.9 (14.8–19.0) | 12.7 (10.9–14.5) | 19.2 (17.1–21.3)* |
*The difference shows a statistical significance of p ≤ 0.05