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Table 1 Sensitivity and Specificity of CES-D at various cut-off levels.

From: Reliability, Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Greek Translation of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale

CES-D

      

level

True

False

False

True

Sensitivity

Specificity

 

negative

possitive

negative

possitive

(Sn)

(Sp)

 

(tn)

(fp)

(fn)

(tp)

  

20/21

102

18

3

37

92.50

85.00

21/22

104

16

3

37

92.50

86.67

22/23

107

13

4

36

90.00

89.17

23/24

109

11

4

36

90.00

90.83

24/25

110

10

5

35

87.50

91.67

25/26

111

9

5

35

87.50

92.50

26/27

112

8

5

35

87.50

93.33

  1. The optimum is at level 23/24