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. 2005 Feb 3;5:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-8

Table 2.

Validity coefficients of different SSI cutoffs against K-SADS-PL diagnosed significant suicidal ideation at a mixed adolescent sample of 146 outpatients and 199 community controls

SSI cutoff 0–1 1–2 2–3 3–4 4–5 5–6 6–7 7–8 8–9 9–10 10–11
Sensitivity 77.1% 75% 75% 75% 66.7% 64.6% 58.3% 58.3% 58.3% 56.3% 50.0%
Specificity 83.0% 86.5% 87.6% 88.9% 90.0% 91.6% 93.0% 94.6% 95.9% 96.2% 96.8%
Youden 0.60 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.57 0.57 0.51 0.53 0.54 0.53 0.47