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. 2013 May-Jun;20(3):e55–e59. doi: 10.1155/2013/762140

TABLE 2.

Performance test characteristics of the febrile respiratory illness (FRI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) infection screening tools in primary and secondary analysis groups

Positive, n Negative, n % (95% CI) Predictive value Likelihood ratio, % (95% CI)

True False True False Sensitivity Specificity Positive Negative Positive Negative
Laboratory-confirmed influenza (n=200)
  FRI 35 103 50 12 74.5 (60.5–84.8) 32.7 (25.8–40.5) 25.4 80.6 1.1 (0.92–1.36) 0.78 (0.45–1.32)
  ILI* 34 73 63 11 75.6 (61.3–85.8) 46.3 (38.2–54.7) 31.8 85.1 1.4 (1.12–1.77) 0.53 (0.31–0.91)
Clinical diagnosis of influenza (n=391)
  FRI 39 131 206 15 72.2 (59.1–82.3) 61.1 (55.8–66.1) 22.9 93.2 1.9 (1.50–2.30) 0.45 (0.29–0.70)
  ILI* 38 87 229 14 73.1 (59.8–83.2) 72.4 (67.3–77.1) 30.4 94.2 2.7 (2.08–3.39) 0.37 (0.24–0.58)
*

Total numbers in the ILI groups were fewer because all participants with a FRI did not have an ILI screen completed