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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2012 Dec 31;27(3):774–787. doi: 10.1037/a0031256

Table 2.

Accuracy compared to SCID diagnoses of alcohol use disorders

METHOD SCID DIAGNOSIS

Alcohol Abuse
AUC (SE) 95%CI Sensitivity Specificity %CC False
POS
False
NEG
Kappa
AUS Ratings
 ≥ 2 .79 (.02) .74–.83*** 89.6% 67.5% 68.6% 87.3% 0.8% 0.14
 ≥ 3 .74 (.04) .67–.82*** 53.7% 94.6% 92.6% 65.5% 2.5% 0.37
 ≥ 4 .53 (.04)   .46–.61 9.0% 97.8% 93.4% 82.2% 4.7% 0.09
Collateral Ratings
 ≥ 1 .82 (.05) .72–.91*** 81.8% 81.8% 81.8% 80.9% 1.2% 0.20
 ≥ 2 .76 (.06) .64–.88*** 63.6% 87.4% 86.2% 79.0% 2.1% 0.21
    3 .62 (.07)   .48–.76 27.3% 96.5% 93.0% 71.1% 3.8% 0.22
Self-Report .77 (.03) .72–.82*** 86.6% 67.9% 68.9% 87.6% 1.0% 0.13

Alcohol Dependence
AUC (SE) 95%CI Sensitivity Specificity %CC False
POS
False
NEG
Kappa

AUS Ratings
 ≥ 2 .80 (.02) .76–.85*** 93.3% 67.4% 68.4% 89.4% 0.4% 0.13
 ≥ 3 .81 (.04) .74–.88*** 66.7% 95.0% 93.8% 64.5% 1.4% 0.44
 ≥ 4 .69 (.04) .60–.77*** 38.3% 99.1% 96.6% 37.0% 2.5% 0.46
Collateral Ratings
 ≥ 1 .80 (.05) .70–.90*** 78.3% 81.7% 81.6% 84.8% 1.1% 0.20
 ≥ 2 .74 (.06) .62–.86*** 60.9% 87.4% 86.3% 83.2% 1.8% 0.21
    3 .64 (.07)   .50–.77* 30.4% 96.6% 94.0% 72.7% 2.9% 0.25
Self-Report .79 (.03) .74–.84*** 90.0% 67.8% 68.7% 89.6% 0.6% 0.13

Alcohol Use Disorder1
AUC (SE) 95%CI Sensitivity Specificity %CC False
POS
False
NEG
Kappa

AUS Ratings
 ≥ 2 .81 (.02) .77–.84*** 91.8% 69.5% 71.3% 79.2% 1.0% 0.23
 ≥ 3 .77 (.03) .72–.83*** 58.2% 96.6% 93.5% 40.5% 3.6% 0.55
 ≥ 4 .61 (.03) .55–.67*** 22.7% 99.2% 93.1% 29.4% 6.3% 0.32
Collateral Ratings
 ≥ 1 .82 (.04) .75–.90*** 80.5% 83.9% 83.6% 69.7% 2.0% 0.34
 ≥ 2 .75 (.05) .66–.84*** 61.0% 89.0% 86.8% 67.5% 3.7% 0.33
    3 .62 (.05)   .52–.72** 26.8% 97.3% 91.6% 54.1% 6.1% 0.29
Self-Report .80 (.02) .76–.83*** 89.1% 69.9% 71.4% 79.5% 1.3% 0.22

Notes. AUS: N = 1,448; Collateral: N = 587; Self-report: N = 1,448.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.

1

SCID diagnosis for at least one of alcohol abuse or dependence. %CC = percent classified correctly.