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. 2017 Nov 7;8(sup2):1389205. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2017.1389205

Table 2.

Predictive validity of RHS-13 and RHS-15 cases.

  Comparison RHS self-rating to clinical rating
Comparison RHS interview to clinical rating
  BSI and/or PCL case
PCL case
BSI case
BSI and/or PCL case
PCL case
BSI case
  positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative
RHS-13 case positive 15 8 6 16 15 8 18 5 7 15 18 5
negative 4 29 1 32 4 28 1 32 0 33 1 31
Statistic LR χ2 = 17.65, p < .001 p < .05a LR χ2 = 17.07, p < .001 LR χ2 = 38.70, p < .001 p < .001a LR χ2 = 37.92, p < .001
Effect size ⱷ = .55 ⱷ = .36 ⱷ = .55 ⱷ = .78 ⱷ = .47 ⱷ = .78
PPV/NPV .65/.88 .27/.97 .65/.88 .78/.97 .32/1.00 .78/.97
Sens/Spec .79/.78 .86/.67 .79/.78 .95/.87 1.00/.69 .95/.86
RHS-15 case positive 17 11 6 21 17 11 19 11 7 22 19 11
negative 2 26 1 27 2 25 0 26 0 26 0 25
Statistic LR χ2 = 19.81, p < .001 p = .051a LR χ2 = 19.13, p < .001 LR χ2 = 32.31, p < .001 p < .05a LR χ2 = 31.48, p < .001
Effect size ⱷ = .57 ⱷ = .28 ⱷ = .56 ⱷ = .67 ⱷ = .36 ⱷ = .66
PPV/NPV .61/.93 .22/.96 .61/.93 .63/1.00 .24/1.00 .63/1.00
Sens/Spec .90/.70 .86/.56 .90/.69 1.00/.70 1.00/.54 1.00/.69

RHS = Refugee Health Screener, BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory-18, PCL = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5, BSI and/or PCL case = BSI-18 or PCL-5 OR BSI-18 and PCL-5 are positive, PCL case = PTSD diagnosis (DSM-5) fulfilled, BSI case = above BSI-18 cutoff, RHS-13 case = above RHS-13 cutoff, RHS-15 case = above RHS-15 cutoff, PPV = positive predictive value, NPV = negative predictive value, Sens = sensitivity, Spec = specificity, LR χ2 = likelihood ratio χ2, ⱷ = effect size phi, a Fisher’s exact test.