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. 2019 Apr 1;34(14):e111. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e111

Table 4. Sensitivity, specificity of each instrument completed by informants at different cut-off scores for discriminating dementia (normal vs. dementia).

Cut-off score Normal (n = 200) Dementia (n = 170) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) AUC (95% CI)
i-KDSQ-C 0.92 (0.89–0.95)
< 9 185 36 0.79 (0.72–0.85) 0.93 (0.88–0.96)
≥ 9a 15 134
< 6 158 26 0.85 (0.78–0.90) 0.79 (0.73–0.84)
≥ 6 42 144
i-AD8 0.93 (0.90–0.95)
< 3 177 29 0.83 (0.76–0.88) 0.89 (0.83–0.93)
≥ 3a 23 141
< 2 161 17 0.90 (0.84–0.94) 0.81 (0.74–0.86)
≥ 2 39 153
i-SMCQ 0.92 (0.89–0.95)
< 5 166 21 0.88 (0.82–0.92) 0.83 (0.77–0.88)
≥ 5a 34 149
< 6 173 32 0.81 (0.74–0.87) 0.87 (0.81–0.91)
≥ 6 27 138

AUC = area under the curve, CI = confidence interval, i-KDSQ-C = informant-completed Korean Dementia Screening Questionnaire-Cognition, i-AD8 = informant-completed Alzheimer Disease 8, i-SMCQ = informant-completed Subjective Memory Complaints Questionnaire.

aOptimal cut-off by Youden's index.