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. 2011 Jul;9(4):359–365. doi: 10.1370/afm.1267

Table 3.

Cutoff Scores and Performances of the Questionnaires for Screening for Any Mental Disordera

Questionnaire Cutoff Scoreb Total Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
SRQ-20 8 0.85 0.81 0.86 0.78 0.89
WHO-5 11 0.85 0.77 0.89 0.81 0.87
COOP/WONCA Chartsc 17 0.87 0.84 0.88 0.80 0.91
Charts item
    Feelings 3 0.85 0.84 0.86 0.77 0.90
    Daily Activities 2 0.74 0.91 0.64 0.60 0.92
    Social Activities 3 0.76 0.59 0.86 0.70 0.78
    Overall Health 5 0.72 0.64 0.82 0.67 0.80
Charts 3-item combinationd 9 0.87 0.86 0.88 0.81 0.92

COOP/WONCA = Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Research Network, and World Organization of National Colleges, Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians; NPV = negative predictive value; PPV = positive predictive value; ROC = receiver operating characteristic; SRQ-20 = 20-item Self-Reporting Questionnaire; WHO-5 = World Health Organization–Five Well-Being Index.

a Reference standard was diagnosis of the disorders by SCID, the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition).

b Cutoff scores were chosen based on the scores having the highest total accuracy.

c Total score using all 6 items.

d Feelings, Daily Activities, and Social Activities.