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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 2.

Diagnostic utility of the number of parent- and child-reported worry domains (SAD/SP 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 .39 .02 .03 .04
8 .08 1 1 1 .40 .03 .05 .06
7 .13 1 1 1 .41 .05 .08 .10
6 .29 .98 .96 .89 .46 .13 .19 .22
5 .42 .96 .94 .85 .50 .20 .28 .32
4 .61 .94 .94 .84 .59 .34 .40 .49
3 .80 .83 .89 .70 .71 .54 .56 .61
2 .91 .67 .82 .52 .82 .71 .69 .60
1 .99 .48 .76 .36 .96 .93 .81 .51

Child-reported worries
9 .02 .99 .50 .22 .64 .01 .02 .01
8 .05 .98 .50 .22 .64 .01 .03 .03
7 .09 .96 .57 .33 .65 .04 .06 .06
6 .14 .92 .50 .22 .65 .04 .10 .07
5 .18 .90 .50 .22 .66 .06 .13 .09
4 .32 .83 .52 .25 .68 .12 .22 .17
3 .36 .76 .46 .15 .68 .12 .29 .13
2 .52 .69 .49 .20 .72 .22 .39 .21
1 .68 .50 .43 .12 .74 .27 .57 .16

Note. SAD/SP = youth with other anxiety disorders; 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.