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. 2020 Sep 21;22(9):e19516. doi: 10.2196/19516

Table 2.

Diagnostic accuracy results of the comparison between algorithm and all other detection methods in the development and validation studies.

Method True positive, n False positive, n True negative, n False negative, n Sensitivity, % Specificity, % Positive predictive value, % Negative predictive value, %
Development study, development data set (n=120)






Algorithm 11 10 99 0 100 91 52 100

Manual GTT 9 0 109 2 82 100 100 98

Incident reporting 7 0 109 4 64 100 100 96
Development study, testing data set (n=120)







Algorithm 8 9 101 2 80 92 47 98

Manual GTT 9 0 110 0 100 100 100 100

Incident reporting 7 0 110 3 70 100 100 97
Validation study (n=298)







Algorithm 15 17 266 0 100 94 47 100

Manual chart review 14 0 283 1 93 100 100 99

ANQb measure 5 0 283 10 33 100 100 97

aGTT: Global Trigger Tool.

bANQ: Swiss National Association For Quality Development in Hospitals and Clinics.