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. 2015 Dec 23;18(4):212–216. doi: 10.5770/cgj.18.185

TABLE 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive value of the DEAR for pre-operative and post-operative delirium, using DEAR cut-off scores of 2 and 3

Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPVa NPVb
DEAR Cut-Off 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
Pre-operative Delirium 90.2 62.6 51 81.7 71.4 82.3 79.2 61.6
Post-operative Delirium 93.2 67.8 41.8 73.3 53.4 64.5 89.6 76.1
a

Positive predictive value (%).

b

Negative predictive value (%).