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. 2009 Dec 28;9:489. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-489

Table 3.

Validity of the questionnaires, using a clinical and borderline CBCL TPS as criteria

PSYBOBA PSC SDQ
Pearson's r 0.81 0.81 0.77

Kappa (cut-off point used) 0.59 (>14) 0.52 (>20) 0.53 (>11)

AUC (95% CI) 0.96 (0.94-0.98) 0.93 (0.92-0.96) 0.95 (0.93-0.98)

Criterion: Clinical TPS

All children

 Cut-off point >14 > 20 > 11

 Sensitivity (95% CI) 0.86 (0.78-0.94) 0.78 (0.68-0.88) 0.86 (0.77-0.95)

 Specificity (95% CI) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 0.92(0.89-0.93) 0.90 (0.88-0.92)

 Positive Predictive value 0.51 (0.41-0.61) 0.45 (0.35-0.55) 0.43 (0.34-0.52)

Children currently not under treatment

 Cut-off point > 14 >19 >11

 Sensitivity (95% CI) 0.82 (0.71-0.93) 0.81 (0.69-0.93) 0.80 (0.67-0.93)

 Specificity (95% CI) 0.92 (0.91-0.95) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 0.92 (0.90-0.94)

 Positive Predictive value 0.44 (0.33-0.55) 0.40 (0.30-0.51) 0.37 (0.27-0.48)

Criterion: Borderline TPS

All children

 Cut-off point >13 >18 >10

 Sensitivity (95% CI) 0.73 (0.64-0.82) 0.72 (0.64-0.80) 0.79 (0.71-0.87)

 Specificity (95% CI) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 0.90 (0.88-0.92)

 Positive Predictive value 0.58 (0.49-0.67) 0.62 (0.53-0.70) 0.59 (0.49-0.68)

Children currently not under treatment

 Cut-off point >13 > 17 >10

 Sensitivity (95% CI) 0.66 (0.55-0.77) 0.74 (0.65-0.83) 0.75 (0.65-0.85)

 Specificity (95% CI) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 0.90 (0.89-0.93)

 Positive Predictive value 0.48 (0.38-0.58) 0.57 (0.47-0.66) 0.49 (0.39-0.59)