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. 2021 Oct 16;32(3):566–576. doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09523-2

Table 1.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Digital and Paper-and-Pencil Clock Drawing Tests

Type of Clock Drawing Tests No. of study Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Specificity
(95% CI)
LR +
(95% CI)
LR-
(95% CI)
DOR
(95% CI)
AUC
(95% CI)
a. MCI
Digital CDT 4 0.86 (0.75–0.92) 0.92 (0.69–0.98) 10.6 (2.30–49.0) 0.15 (0.08–0.29) 69.0 (10.6–449) 87% (84%–90%)

Paper-and-pencil CDT

–Brief Scoring (≤ 9 points)

9 0.63 (0.49–0.75) 0.77 (0.68–0.84) 2.74 (1.94–3.88) 0.48 (0.34–0.68) 5.71 (3.06–10.7) 77% (74%–81%)

Paper-and-pencil CDT

–Detailed Scoring (> 9 points)

21 0.63 (0.56–0.71) 0.72 (0.65–0.78) 2.29 (1.92–2.73) 0.50 (0.43–0.59) 0.54 (3.47–5.93) 74% (69%–77%)
b. Dementia
Digital CDT 6 0.83 (0.72–0.90) 0.87 (0.79–0.92) 6.35 (3.9–10.5) 0.20 (0.12–0.33) 32.2 (13.7–75.9) 92% (89%–94%)

Paper-and-pencil CDT

Brief Scoring (≤ 9 points)

30 0.83 (0.77–0.87) 0.80 (0.74–0.85) 4.07 (3.15–5.26) 0.22 (0.16–0.29) 18.7 (12.2–28.7) 88% (85%–91%)

Paper-and-pencil CDT

–Detailed Scoring (> 9 points)

35 0.80 (0.76–0.83) 0.81 (0.75–0.86) 4.24 (3.24–5.54) 0.25 (0.21–0.30) 17.1 (12.0–24.5) 87% (84%–90%)

CDT Clock Drawing Test, MCI Mild Cognitive Impairment, LR + Positive likelihood ratio, LR- Negative likelihood ratio, DOR Diagnostic odds ratio, AUC Area under the curve, CI Confidence interval