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. 2022 Aug 11;35:26. doi: 10.1186/s41155-022-00229-9

Table 3.

The expected prevalence of MDQ positivity according to items 4 and 5 when adding to the first three item positive response at different cut off value

Cut-offa Item-4 (+) Expected prevalenceb Item-5 (+) Expected prevalenceb Both Item 4 and 5 (+)
Expected prevalenceb
5 2.0 3.2 0.9
6 1.6 2.6 0.3
7 1.9 3.0 0.4
8 1.5 1.5 0.5
9 1.9 1.9 0.6

aThe frequency according to different cut-off scores were found from positive responses to first three items of MDQ plus item 4, item 5, and both item 4 and item 5. bExpected prevalence % was calculated according to sensitivity values reported in (Konuk et al., 2007)