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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2006 Feb;19(1):119–128. doi: 10.1002/jts.20106

Table 4.

Sensitivity, specificity, overall correct classification, and kappa values for various cutoff points for the Impact of Event Scale (IES).

Cutoff Sensitivity Specificity Overall Correct Kappa (α)
12 1.00 .45 .69 .42
13 .98 .48 .69 .42
14 .96 .51 .70 .44
15 .95 .54 .72 .46
16 .95 .56 .73 .48
17 .94 .57 .73 .48
18 .94 .59 .74 .50
19 .94 .61 .75 .52
20 .94 .62 .76 .54
21 .94 .65 .77 .56
22 .93 .65 .77 .56
23 .93 .67 .78 .57
24 .92 .68 .78 .57
25 .92 .68 .79 .53
26 .91 .72 .80 .60
27 .91 .72 .80 .60
28 .88 .72 .79 .58
29 .87 .73 .79 .58
30 .85 .73 .78 .57
31 .85 .75 .79 .58
32 .82 .75 .78 .55
33 .80 .75 .77 .54