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Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2021 Oct 22;297:276–282. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.037

Table 1.

Comparison of sensitivity and specificity for depression diagnoses at the existing and optimal cut-points on the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 in a sample of YAPHIV and YAPHEU (n=203).

		Existing Cut-Point			Optimal Cut-Point			AUC (95% CI)

PHQ Form	DISC Diagnosis	Score	Sensitivity (95%CI)	Specificity (95%CI)	Score	Sensitivity (95%CI)	Specificity (95%CI)
PHQ-9	MDD	10	0.47 (0.23,0.72)	0.86 (0.80, 0.91)	7	0.76 (0.50,0.93)	0.72 (0.65, 0.79)	0.79 (0.66, 0.92)
PHQ-9	MDD + Dysthymia	10	0.50 (0.26,0.74)	0.86 (0.81, 0.91)	7	0.78 (0.52,0.94)	0.73 (0.66, 0.79)	0.80 (0.68, 0.93)

PHQ-2	MDD	3	0.47 (0.23,0.72)	0.86 (0.81,0.91)	2	0.71 (0.44,0.90)	0.73 (0.66,0.79)	0.74 (0.60, 0.88)
PHQ-2	MDD + Dysthymia	3	0.50 (0.26,0.74)	0.86 (0.81,0.91)	2	0.72 (0.47, 0.90)	0.74 (0.67, 0.80)	0.76 (0.62, 0.89)