Table 3.

Results of ROC Analysis for Depression in Cancer Patients

	95%CI
Types of Depression/Cutoff	AUC	Low Limit	Upper Limit	p-value
Optimal cutoff (depression=17)	0.805	0.761	0.848	<0.001*
BDI-II mild (cutoff=14)	0.781	0.736	0.826	<0.001*
BDI-II moderate (cutoff=20)	0.754	0.705	0.803	<0.001*
BDI-II severe (cutoff=29)	0.745	0.665	0.824	<0.001*

Note: *Statistical significance at 0.001.

Abbreviations: BDI-II, Beck depression inventory second version; CI, confidence interval; AUC, areas under the curve.