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. 2022 Feb 11;19(2):154–165. doi: 10.1007/s11904-022-00601-5

Table 2.

Risk-based screening tools for men who have sex with men ordered by performance ordered by the area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC)

Lead Author (year of publication) Year(s) of data Sample size Country Setting Externally validated? AUC (95% CI) Sensitivity Specificity
Sanders (2015) [22] 2005-12 Unclear Kenya Health facilities Yes 0.89 90% 74.1%
Lin (2018) [13••] 2007-17 757 USA Community-based screening program Yes 0.88 (0.84-0.91) 78.2% 81%
Lin (2018) [23] 2007-17 998 USA Community-based screening program Yes 0.85 (0.78-0.92) 72% 96%
Dijkstra (2017) [27] 1984-2009 1562 Netherlands STI clinic Yes 0.82 (0.79-0.86) 76.3% (68.2-83.2) 76.3% (75.6-77.0)
Scott (2020) [28] 2009-10 1164 US Community Yes 0.8 81.1% 59.6%
Wahome (2013) [29] 2005-2012 6531 Kenya Unclear Yes 0.79 75.3% 76.4%
Wahome (2018) [24] 2005-16 753 Kenya Community - personal networks, sex venues No 0.76 (0.71-0.8) 97.9% 16.9%
Smith (2012) [25] 1998-2001 7754 USA Unclear Yes 0.74 84% 42%
Yin (2018) [30] 2013-14 3588 China Study clinics and community Yes 0.71 Not reported Not reported
Dijkstra (2020) [26••] 2003-18 1071 Netherlands STI clinic Yes 0.70 (0.64-0.76) 54.0% 77.9%
Hoenigl (2015) [31] 2008-2014 8326 USA Community-based screening program Yes 0.70 (0.63-0.78) 58% 76%
Luo (2019) [32] 2009-16 1442 China Unclear Yes 0.63 (0.61-0.66) Nor reported Not reported
Jones (2018) [33] 2010-14 562 USA Recruited from venue-based time-space sampling and via Facebook ads Yes

HIRI: 0.62 (0.52-0.72)

Menza: 0.51 (0.41-0.60)

SDET: 0.55 (0.44-0.66)

HIRI: 62.5% (43.7-78.9)

Menza: 62.5% (43.7-78.9)

SDET: 25% (11.5-43.4)

HIRI: 56.7% (52.4-61.0)

Menza: 41.1% (36.9-45.5)

SDET: 83.9% (80.5-87.0)

Yun (2019) [34] 2009-16 999 China VCT in hospital, recruitment from community Yes 0.6 (0.45-0.74) Not reported Not reported
Beymer (2017) [35] 2009-14 9481 USA LGBT Centre No 75% 50%

LGBT lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; STI sexually transmitted infection; VCT voluntary counselling and testing; 95% CI 95% confidence interval