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. 2020 Aug;32(4):476–484. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2020.04.05

3. Diagnostic efficacy of distress thermometer at different cutoff values.

Cutoff Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Positive predictive value (%) Negative predictive value (%)
Diagnostic criterion for anxiety: HADS-A ≥11; diagnostic criterion for depression: HADS-D ≥11.
Anxiety
 1 100 5.17 9.34 100
 2 100 20.11 10.90 100
 3 100 39.66 13.93 100
 4 100 67.10 25.00 100
 5 94.12 70.69 23.88 99.19
 6 76.47 87.36 37.14 97.44
 7 47.06 93.68 42.11 94.77
 8 35.29 96.55 50.00 93.85
 9 23.53 98.85 66.67 92.97
Depression
 1 100 5.14 8.79 100
 2 100 20.00 10.26 100
 3 100 39.43 13.11 100
 4 100 59.43 18.39 100
 5 87.50 69.71 20.90 98.39
 6 68.75 86.29 31.43 96.79
 7 50.00 93.71 42.11 95.35
 8 37.50 96.57 50.00 94.41
 9 25.00 98.86 66.67 93.51