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. 2013 Jun 26;38(8):893–901. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst043

Table II.

Sensitivity and Specificity at Adherence Cut-Points

Parent-reported adherence EM adherencea
Adherent Non- adherent Total n Sensitivity % Specificity % PPV % NPV % Accuracy %
50% cut-point
    Adherent 39 1 40 100.0 97.5 0.0 97.5
    Non-adherent 0 0 0
    Total 39 1 40
60% cut-point
    Adherent 37 3 40 100.0 92.5 0.0 92.5
    Non-adherent 0 0 0
    Total 37 3 40
70% cut-point
    Adherent 34 6 40 100.0 85.0 0.0 85.0
    Non-adherent 0 0 0
    Total 34 6 40
80% cut-point
    Adherent 26 8 34 96.3 38.5 76.5 83.3 77.5
    Non-adherent 1 5 6
    Total 27 13 40
85% cut-point
    Adherent 25 9 34 96.2 35.7 73.5 83.3 75.0
    Non-adherent 1 5 6
    Total 26 14 40
90% cut-point
    Adherent 20 11 31 95.2 42.1 64.5 88.9 70.0
    Non-adherent 1 8 9
    Total 21 19 40

Note. PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; – = could not be calculated due to category frequencies.

aElectronic monitoring (EM) adherence used as the reference standard.