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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2010 Nov 3;28(2):173–182. doi: 10.1002/da.20747

Table 1.

Diagnostic utility of the number of parent- and child-reported worry domains (NAD as comparison group).

No. of reported worry domains Sensitivity Specificity PPP cPPP NPP cNPP Base rate κ
Parent-reported worries
9 .05 1 1 1 .35 .02 .03 .04
8 .08 1 1 1 .36 .03 .05 .05
7 .13 1 1 1 .37 .05 .08 .09
6 .29 1 1 1 .42 .12 .19 .22
5 .42 1 1 1 .47 .20 .28 .33
4 .61 1 1 1 .57 .35 .40 .51
3 .80 1 1 1 .72 .57 .53 .73
2 .91 .78 .97 .92 .85 .77 .62 .84
1 .99 .95 .90 .70 .97 .95 .73 .81

Child-reported worries
9 .02 1 1 1 .49 .01 .01 .02
8 .05 .98 .67 .31 .49 .01 .04 .02
7 .09 .98 .80 .59 .50 .03 .06 .06
6 .14 .98 .86 .70 .51 .06 .08 .11
5 .18 .93 .73 .43 .51 .06 .13 .11
4 .32 .83 .67 .31 .53 .09 .25 .15
3 .36 .76 .62 .20 .53 .08 .31 .12
2 .52 .63 .61 .18 .55 .14 .45 .16
1 .68 .59 .64 .25 .63 .29 .55 .27

Note. NAD = non anxiety-disordered youth; PPP = positive predictive power; NPP = negative predictive power; c = corrected; base rate = percentage scoring at or above cut score; κ = agreement between classification and Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children and Parents after correcting for chance.