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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of depression (95 % CIs) for various CDI cut-off scores

From: Validating the Children’s Depression Inventory in the context of Rwanda

   

CDI Cutoff

 

>5

≤5

>6

≤6

>7

≤7

>8

≤8

>9

≤9

Depression

Yes

19

6

18

7

16

9

15

10

11

14

No

6

69

2

73

2

73

1

74

0

75

Sensitivity

0.76 (0.57, 0.89)

0.72 (0.52, 0.86)

0.64 (0.45, 0.80)

0.60 (0.41, 0.77)

0.44 (0.25, 0.63)

Specificity

0.92 (0.84, 0.96)

0.97 (0.91, 0.99)

0.97 (0.91, 0.99)

0.99 (0.93, 1.0)

1.0 (0.95, 1.0)

Positive predictive value

0.76 (0.57, 0.89)

0.90 (0.70, 0.97)

0.89 (0.67, 0.97)

0.94 (0.72, 0.99)

1.0 (0.74, 1.0)

Negative predictive value

0.92 (0.84, 0.96)

0.91 (0.83, 0.96)

0.89 (0.80, 0.94)

0.88 (0.80, 0.93)

0.84 (0.75, 0.90)