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. 2012 May 7;2(3):e000596. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000596

Table 4.

The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and Youden Indices for all possible cut-off scores for BDI, TQI, and all possible pairs of cut-off scores BDI and TQI to identify both workers who were diagnosed as having MDD and those who were not diagnosed as having MDD but had other psychiatric disorders frequently comorbid with MDD

Sensitivity Specificity PPV Youden Index
BDI cut-off score
 4 62.0 61.6 43.9 0.237
 5 58.6 65.0 44.7 0.236
 6 51.7 73.3 48.3 0.250
 7 44.8 80.0 52.0 0.248
 8 41.3 86.6 60.0 0.280
 9 41.3 90.0 66.6 0.313
 10 37.9 91.6 68.7 0.295
 11 31.0 93.3 69.2 0.243
 12 27.5 96.6 80.0 0.242
 13 27.5 98.3 88.8 0.259
 14 24.1 98.3 87.5 0.224
 15 24.1 98.3 87.5 0.224
 16 17.2 98.3 83.3 0.155
 17 13.7 98.3 80.0 0.121
 18 10.3 98.3 75.0 0.086
TQI cut-off score
 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 2 20.2 88.3 46.1 0.090
BDI TQI Sensitivity Specificity PPV Youden Index
Pairs of cut-off scores
 4 2 62.0 61.6 43.9 0.237
 5 2 58.6 65.0 44.7 0.236
 6 2 55.1 71.6 48.4 0.268
 7 2 48.2 78.3 51.8 0.266
 8 2 48.2 81.6 56.0 0.299
 9 2 48.2 83.3 58.3 0.316
 10 2 44.8 83.3 56.5 0.281
 11 2 37.9 85.0 55.0 0.229
 12 2 34.4 86.6 55.5 0.211
 13 2 34.4 86.6 55.5 0.211
 14 2 31.0 86.6 52.9 0.177
 15 2 31.0 86.6 52.9 0.177
 16 2 27.5 86.6 50.0 0.142
 17 2 24.1 86.6 46.6 0.108
 18 2 20.6 86.6 42.8 0.073
 4 1 62.0 48.3 36.7 0.104
 5 1 58.6 50.0 36.1 0.086
 6 1 58.6 55.0 38.6 0.136
 7 1 55.1 56.6 38.0 0.118
 8 1 55.1 58.3 39.0 0.135
 9 1 55.1 58.3 39.0 0.135
 10 1 51.7 58.3 37.5 0.100
 11 1 48.2 58.3 37.5 0.100
 12 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 13 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 14 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 15 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 16 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 17 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082
 18 1 48.2 60.0 36.8 0.082

BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; MDD, major depressive disorder; PPV, positive predictive value; TQI, two-question case-finding instrument.