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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2019 Mar 29;109(4):278–283. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i4.13664

Table 4.

BMH cut-points, sensitivity and specificity, and PPV and NPV values

Cut-point Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Correctly classified (%) n PPV (%) NPV (%)
AUD-C* (N=1 207) ≥4 82.35 82.51 82.50 222 42.2 96.8
≥5 64.71 88.07 87.74 152
≥6 58.82 91.93 91.46 106
PHQ-2 (N=1 207) ≥2 78.95 49.26 50.66 628
≥3 57.89 77.37 76.45 293 73.5 92.9
≥4 42.11 86.86 84.74 175
GAD-2 (N=1 197) ≥2 82.35 56.74 57.11 525
≥3 58.82 75.66 75.42 297 89.8 93.5
≥4 11.76 87.11 86.04 154

BMH = Brief Mental Health; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; AUD-C = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; PHQ-2 = Patient Health Questionnaire; GAD-2 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder measure.

*

International scale recommended cut-off: ≥3 for females and ≥4 for males. In this instance, one international cut-off was used: ≥4.

International scale recommended cut-off: ≥2.