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. 2013 Jul 5;15(7):e118. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2582

Table 2.

Variation in problem reports by the number and frequency of prior reports of the same problem.

  Weekly Biweekly Monthly
  1 reporta 2 reportsb 1 report 2 reports 1 report 2 reports
Moderate/Severe Depression c

% with Reportd 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.5

Sensitivitye 69.6 58.8 69.1 53.4 64.2 51.0

Specificityf 92.0 96.8 90.5 95.4 89.8 95.8

PPVg 70.3 83.3 66.5 76.2 63.3 77.0

NPVh 91.7 89.6 91.5 88.2 90.2 87.7
Fair/Poor Health

% with Report 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4

Sensitivity 67.2 57.4 67.2 57.4 67.7 55.9

Specificity 90.5 96.7 89.4 96.7 89.7 96.4

PPV 65.9 82.4 63.4 82.4 64.2 80.9

NPV 91.0 89.3 90.9 89.3 91.0 88.9
Poor Adherence

% with Report 18.6 18.6 18.6 18.6 18.6 18.6

Sensitivity 55.5 43.2 54.2 42.6 58.4 39.6

Specificity 90.4 96.2 91.2 96.6 90.1 96.5

PPV 57.0 72.0 58.3 74.2 57.3 71.8

NPV 89.9 88.1 89.7 88.1 90.5 87.5
In Bed Due to Mental Health

% with Report 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9

Sensitivity 45.4 24.2 39.5 17.5 30.3 11.7

Specificity 91.8 97.3 91.0 97.3 90.7 97.4

PPV 45.0 55.8 39.5 47.7 32.7 38.9

NPV 91.9 90.0 91.0 89.2 89.7 88.6

aPatient also reported the same health problem in the most recent assessment during the time frame.

bPatient also reported the same health problem in the two most recent assessments during the time frame.

cPHQ-9 score ≥10.

dPercentage of all index assessments in which that health problem was reported.

eProportion of index assessments reporting that health problem that also had the problem reported in the prior assessment(s).

fProportion of index assessments not reporting that health problem that also were negative in the prior assessment(s).

gPPV: Positive Predictive Value; given that the problem was reported in the prior assessment(s), the proportion reporting that problem in the index assessment.

hNPV: Negative Predictive Value; given that the problem was not reported in the prior assessment(s), the proportion of index assessments that also did not report the problem.