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Table 2 Receiver operating characteristics estimates and optimal ‘caution’ cut-off scores of MAYSI-2 scales (German-speaking and French/Italian-speaking Subsample)

From: Diagnostic performance and optimal cut-off scores of the Massachusetts youth screening instrument-second version in a sample of Swiss youths in welfare and juvenile justice institutions

 

Sens/Spec

PPV/NPV

AUC (95% CI)

Optimal cut-offa

Current cut-offb

German-speaking subsample

Any substance use (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 alcohol/drug use

.77/.72

.34/.95

.83*** (.78–.87)

4

4

Any disruptive behavior (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 angry-irritable

.58/.64

.67/.55

.65*** (.60–.71)

5

5

Any affective (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 depressed-anxious

.64/.61

.19/.92

.61* (.51–.70)

3

3

 MAYSI-2 somatic complaints

.48/.54

.13/.87

.50 ns (.41–.59)

(2)

3

Any anxiety (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 depressed-anxious

.63/.70

.11/.97

.69** (.55–.82)

4

3

 MAYSI-2 somatic complaints

.58/.75

.12/.97

.71** (.59–.83)

3

3

Suicide ideation/suicide attempts (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 suicide ideation

.67/.79

.43/.91

.79*** (.72–.85)

3

2

French/Italian-speaking subsample

Any substance use (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 alcohol/drug use

.79/.71

.30/.96

.86*** (.77–.94)

3

4

Any disruptive behavior (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 angry-irritable

.57/.56

.24/.84

.59 ns (.45–.73)

(6)

5

Any affective (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 depressed-anxious

.56/.60

.33/.80

.56 ns (.44–.68)

(5)

3

 MAYSI-2 somatic complaints

.52/.37

.22/.69

.49 ns (.36–.62)

(3)

3

Any anxiety (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 depressed-anxious

.38/.54

.24/.69

.50 ns (.37–.62)

(5)

3

 MAYSI-2 somatic complaints

.59/.39

.27/.71

.48 ns (.36–.60)

(3)

3

Suicide ideation/suicide attempts (K-SADS-PL)

 MAYSI-2 suicide ideation

.63/.69

.48/.81

.68** (.56–.80)

2

2

  1. MAYSI-2 Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-second version, K-SADS-PL Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children Present and Lifetime version, Sens sensitivity rate, Spec specificity rate, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval
  2. *p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001; ns not significant
  3. aThe optimal ‘caution’ cut-off scores are based on the difference between the sensitivity and specificity value to find the cut-off score with the lowest difference between both values
  4. bThe current cut-off scores are based on the results of the USA National Norms Study for the MAYSI-2 [17]