Table 2 ROC and diagnostic efficiency of the HADS for the screening of depression and anxiety among patients with cancer
Cut-off scores | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | PPV (%) | NPV (%) | YI | AUC | 95% CI | SE | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depression subscale | > 6 | 97.6 | 76.7 | 74.4 | 95.5 | 0.743 | 0.891 | 0.827–0.955 | 0.033 | < 0.001 |
> 7 | 95.1 | 78.3 | 75.3 | 91.4 | 0.734 | |||||
> 8 | 73.2 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 71.3 | 0.731 | |||||
> 9 | 43.9 | 99.8 | 99.4 | 54.3 | 0.437 | |||||
Anxiety subscale | > 4 | 93.8 | 64.7 | 33.6 | 64.8 | 0.585 | 0.901 | 0.833–0.969 | 0.035 | < 0.001 |
> 5 | 87.5 | 76.5 | 41.5 | 51.9 | 0.640 | |||||
> 6 | 81.3 | 82.4 | 46.8 | 43.7 | 0.637 | |||||
> 7 | 75.0 | 84.7 | 48.3 | 37.4 | 0.567 |