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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2014 Nov 15;24(5):1207–1216. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0853-y

Table 2.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Various Cut-Off Scores: Original [15], Japanese [16], and Canadian Analyses

QLQ-C30
Domain
SCNS-SF34 Item Cut-Off Cohort Sensitivity Specificity Positive
Predictive
Value
Negative
Predictive
Value
Physical
Function
1Work around the
home

2Feeling unwell a
lot of the time
80 Original 0.65 0.83 0.55 0.89
Japanese 0.40 0.92 0.63 0.82
Canadian1
Canadian2
0.77
0.79
0.56
0.51
0.52
0.34
0.80
0.88
90 Original 0.85 0.58 0.39 0.92
Japanese 0.85 0.65 0.45 0.93
Canadian1
Canadian2
0.95
0.91
0.28
0.23
0.45
0.28
0.89
0.89
Role Function 1Work around the
home

2Not being able to
do the things you
used to do
80 Original 0.69 0.79 0.50 0.89
Japanese 0.69 0.79 0.52 0.88
Canadian1
Canadian2
0.91
0.94
0.26
0.32
0.43
0.54
0.82
0.87
90 Original 0.85 0.69 0.46 .94
Japanese 0.85 0.62 0.43 0.93
Canadian1
Canadian2
0.97
0.99
0.13
0.16
0.41
0.50
0.89
0.94
Emotional
Function
1Feelings of
sadness

2Feeling down or
depressed
90 Original 0.89 0.53 0.48 0.91
Japanese 0.84 0.60 0.58 0.86
Canadian1
Canadian2
0.90
0.92
0.43
0.43
0.37
0.38
0.92
0.94
100 Original 0.94 0.35 0.41 0.93
Japanese 0.92 0.42 0.51 0.89
Canadian1
Canadian2
0.98
1.00
0.22
0.23
0.32
0.32
0.97
1.00
Global
Health/QOL
Feeling unwell a
lot of the time
70 Original 0.71 0.69 0.52 0.84
Japanese 0.86 0.56 0.33 0.94
Canadian 0.96 0.34 0.32 0.96
80 Original 0.89 0.58 0.50 0.91
Japanese 0.89 0.45 0.29 0.94
Canadian 0.98 0.24 0.30 0.97
Pain Pain 20 Original 0.66 0.84 0.64 0.85
Japanese 0.70 0.81 0.62 0.86
Canadian 0.90 0.46 0.32 0.95
10 Original 0.91 0.66 0.54 0.95
Japanese 0.93 0.54 0.47 0.94
Canadian 0.95 0.26 0.26 0.95
Fatigue Lack of energy/
tiredness
30 Original 0.77 0.71 0.73 0.75
Japanese 0.86 0.62 0.54 0.90
Canadian 0.94 0.32 0.44 0.91
20 Original 0.91 0.55 0.68 0.86
Japanese 0.97 0.42 0.46 0.97
Canadian 0.99 0.19 0.40 0.96
1

Using same item as Original and Japanese data;

2

Using Canadian item with highest AUC