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Table 6 Properties of self-report questionnaires to detect ‘common mental disorders’

From: Validation of the Kirundi versions of brief self-rating scales for common mental disorders among children in Burundi

Instrument

AUC (95% c.i.))

Cut-off score

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV

NPV

J

CPSS

0.71 (0.58–0.84)**

11

89

26

0.52

0.73

0.15

  

14

82

42

0.56

0.72

0.24

16

79

55

0.61

0.74

0.33

19

64

64

0.62

0.67

0.29

21

57

68

0.61

0.64

0.25

  

26

39

90

0.79

0.62

0.30

DSRS

0.73 (0.60–0.85)**

12

75

49

0.55

0.70

0.24

  

15

57

73

0.64

0.67

0.30

  

18

46

94

0.87

0.67

0.40

  

21

18

97

0.84

0.58

0.15

SCARED-41

0.75 (0.61–0.88)**

36

62

56

0.57

0.60

0.17

  

41

62

82

0.76

0.69

0.43

  

43

55

96

0.93

0.68

0.51

  

45

50

96

0.93

0.67

0.46

  1. AUC, area under curve; CPSS, Child PTSD Symptom Scale; DSRS, Depression Self-Rating Scale; J, Youden’s index; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predicted value; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SCARED-41, Screen for Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorder, 41-item version.
  2. **p < 0.01.
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BMC Psychiatry

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