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Sensitivity and Specificity Scores for the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
| Depression Sensitivity |
Depression Specificity |
Anxiety Sensitivity |
Anxiety Specificity |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Validation Sample (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983) (Depression ≥8; Anxiety ≥8) |
0.20 | 0.86 | 0.45 | 0.67 |
| Cancer Meta Analysis (Vodermaier & Millman, 2011) (Depression ≥6; Anxiety ≥8) |
0.45 | 0.76 | 0.45 | 0.67 |
| Cancer Survivors* (Depression ≥3; Anxiety ≥7) |
0.70 | 0.54 | 0.70 | 0.57 |
Current study sample
