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 |