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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Aug 7;167:149–155. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.007

Table 2.

Concordance, Cohen’s kappa, Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value and Negative Predictive Value of TLFB Assuming Hair Analysis as Gold Standards

Head and Body Hair Combined 3-Month Visit 6-Month Visit 12-Month Visit
Cannabis
N 766 743 697
Concordance % (Kappa) 77.81 (.51) 79.14 (.54) 75.32 (.49)
Under-Reporting % (Over-Reporting %) 18.18 (30.00) 17.25 (27.73) 22.01 (28.67)
Sensitivity % (Specificity %) 81.82 (70.00) 82.75 (72.27) 77.99 (71.33)
Positive Predictive Value % (Negative Predictive Value %) 84.15 (66.42) 85.02 (68.77) 80.30 (68.38)
Cocaine
N 756 726 665
Concordance % (Kappa) 65.21 (.35) 65.01 (.35) 61.20 (.31)
Under-Reporting % (Over-Reporting %) 45.30 (9.82) 45.44 (7.50) 52.12 (6.22)
Sensitivity % (Specificity %) 54.70 (90.18) 54.56 (92.50) 47.88 (93.78)
Positive Predictive Value % (Negative Predictive Value %) 92.97 (45.60) 95.03 (43.63) 94.96 (42.39)
Prescribed Opioids
N 706 655 591
Concordance % (Kappa) 64.87 (.18) 70.99 (.30) 71.40 (.27)
Under-Reporting % (Over-Reporting %) 72.73 (11.14) 65.00 (8.19) 67.00 (8.95)
Sensitivity % (Specificity %) 27.27 (88.86) 35.00 (91.81) 33.00 (91.05)
Positive Predictive Value % (Negative Predictive Value %) 60.98 (65.69) 71.19 (70.95) 65.35 (72.65)
Street Opioids
N 706 655 591
Concordance % (Kappa) 90.51 (.73) 92.98 (.81) 91.03 (.73)
Under-Reporting % (Over-Reporting %) 21.69 (5.74) 17.16 (3.50) 25.37 (4.16)
Sensitivity % (Specificity %) 78.31 (94.26) 82.84 (96.50) 74.63 (95.84)
Positive Predictive Value % (Negative Predictive Value %) 80.75 (93.39) 89.17 (94.18) 84.03 (92.80)