Table 1.
Level of agreement, sensitivity and specificity of CECA and CTQ childhood abuse ratings.
| Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) interview (reference)a |
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| Cases | Controls | ||||||||||||||||
| Absence n (%) | Presence n (%) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Kappa (95% CI) | P | Absence n (%) | Presence n (%) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Kappa (95% CI) | P | ||||||
| Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Physical abuseb | |||||||||||||||||
| Presence | 21 | (14.7) | 44 | (51.8) | 51.8 (45.3–58.3) | 85.3 (80.7–89.9) | 0.39 (0.27–0.51) | <0.001 | 4 | (1.7) | 27 | (45.0) | 45.0 (39.3–50.7) | 98.3 (96.8–99.8) | 0.53 (0.40–0.66) | <0.001 | |
| Absence | 122 | (85.3) | 41 | (48.8) | 228 | (98.3) | 33 | (55.0) | |||||||||
| Sexual abusec | |||||||||||||||||
| Presence | 29 | (15.8) | 25 | (80.7) | 80.7 (75.4–85.9) | 84.2 (79.3–89.1) | 0.50 (0.36–0.64) | <0.001 | 19 | (7.1) | 15 | (79.0) | 79.0 (74.2–83.7) | 92.9 (90.0–95.9) | 0.53 (0.36–0.69) | <0.001 | |
| Absence | 154 | (84.2) | 6 | (19.3) | 250 | (92.9) | 4 | (21.0) | |||||||||
| Emotional abused | |||||||||||||||||
| Presence | 44 | (23.2) | 30 | (85.7) | 85.7 (81.1–90.3) | 76.8 (71.3–82.4) | 0.43 (0.31–0.55) | <0.001 | 20 | (7.2) | 10 | (83.3) | 83.3 (79.1–87.6) | 92.8 (89.9–95.8) | 0.44 (0.26–0.63) | <0.001 | |
| Absence | 146 | (76.8) | 5 | (14.3) | 259 | (92.8) | 2 | (16.7) | |||||||||
a
Absence of abuse defined as a CECA rating of none/mild; Presence of abuse defined as a CECA rating of moderate/severe
b
Absence of physical abuse defined as CTQ total scores of 5–9; Presence defined as CTQ total scores of 10+
c
Absence of sexual abuse defined as CTQ total scores of 5–7; Presence defined as CTQ total scores of 8+
d
Absence of emotional abuse defined as CTQ total scores of 5–12; Presence defined as CTQ total scores of 13+