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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 24;52(6):599–607.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.02.015

Table 5.

Evaluation of Proposed DSM-5 Criteria for Persistent Complex Bereavement-Related Disorder

9 months after the death	Sensitivity^a	Specificity^a	Sensitivity^b	Specificity^b
Overall Criteria	0.417 (5/12)	1.000 (83/83)	0.667 (8/12)	0.988 (82/83)
Criterion
B	1.000 (13/13)	0.483 (42/87)
C	0.417 (5/12)	0.988 (85/86)	1.000 (12/12)	0.930 (80/86)
D^c	0.615 (8/13)	0.758 (69/91)
21 months after the death
Overall Criteria	0.222 (2/9)	1.000 (70/70)	0.556 (5/9)	1.000 (70/70)
Criterion
B	0.900 (9/10)	0.662 (49/74)
C	0.222 (2/9)	1.000 (72/72)	0.890 (8/9)	0.972 (70/72)
D^c	0.727 (8/11)	0.797 (63/79)
33 months after the death
Overall Criteria	0.200 (1/5)	1.000 (58/58)	0.200 (1/5)	0.983 (57/58)
Criterion
B	0.667 (4/6)	0.730 (46/63)
C	0.400 (2/5)	1.000 (60/60)	0.600 (3/5)	0.967 (58/60)
D^c	0.833 (5/6)	0.773 (51/66)

Note:

Criterion C, at least 6 items endorsed.

Criterion C, at least 2 items endorsed.

Criterion D or functional impairment is measured by the Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) ≤ 70.