Table 5. Predictive value of self-reported history of disease and vaccination in paediatric healthcare workers, Denmark, 2019 (n = 555).
Disease | EIA positive | EIA negative | Total | PPV | NPV | |||
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n | n | n | % | n/total | % | n/total | ||
Measles | ||||||||
HD | Yes | 200 | 3 | 203 | 98.5 | 200/203 | 15.8 | 36/228 |
No | 192 | 36 | 228 | |||||
HV | Yes | 233 | 34 | 267 | 87.3 | 233/267 | 1.3 | 2/155 |
No | 153 | 2 | 155 | |||||
Mumps | ||||||||
HD | Yes | 144 | 4 | 148 | 97.3 | 144/148 | 20.8 | 51/245 |
No | 194 | 51 | 245 | |||||
HV | Yes | 212 | 45 | 257 | 82.5 | 212/257 | 6.7 | 10/149 |
No | 139 | 10 | 149 | |||||
Rubella | ||||||||
HD | Yes | 180 | 6 | 186 | 96.8 | 180/186 | 11.3 | 25/222 |
No | 197 | 25 | 222 | |||||
HV | Yes | 251 | 27 | 278 | 90.3 | 251/278 | 2.8 | 4/145 |
No | 141 | 4 | 145 | |||||
Varicella | ||||||||
HD | Yes | 475 | 6 | 481 | 98.8 | 475/481 | 7.7 | 1/13 |
No | 12 | 1 | 13 | |||||
HV | Yes | 12 | 2 | 14 | 85.7 | 12/14 | 0.5 | 2/392 |
No | 390 | 2 | 392 |
EIA: enzyme immunoassay; HD: history of disease; HV: history of vaccination; NPV: negative predictive value; PPV: positive predictive value.
Subjects answering ‘unsure’ to a history of disease or vaccination were excluded from analysis.