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Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2006 Feb;19(1):119–128. doi: 10.1002/jts.20106

Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, overall correct classification, and kappa values for various cutoff points for the PTSD Symptom Scale - Self Report (PSS-SR).

Cutoff	Sensitivity	Specificity	Overall Correct	Kappa (α)
8	1.00	.40	.66	.37
9	.98	.41	.66	.36
10	.96	.44	.66	.37
11	.93	.47	.67	.37
12	.93	.55	.71	.45
13	.93	.57	.72	.47
14	.91	.62	.74	.50
15	.88	.62	.73	.48
16	.87	.65	.74	.50
17	.85	.68	.75	.51
18	.85	.70	.76	.53
19	.83	.70	.76	.52
20	.83	.76	.79	.58
21	.79	.78	.79	.57