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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of the MARSHA-C for detecting dating abuse victimization in adolescents ages 11–21 years old, using a cutpoint of 1 on the MARSHA-C

From: Validity of a three-item dating abuse victimization screening tool in a 11–21 year old sample

 

Sample size

Prevalence

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

ROC area

Positive Predictive Value (%)

Negative Predictive Value (%)

Overall Accuracya

Full sample

224

48.2%

83.8%

75.8%

0.872

90.7%

83.6%

87.1%

Female

172

48.3%

81.5%

90.0%

0.858

90.4%

80.9%

85.5%

Male

45

44.4%

90.5%

95.8%

0.932

95.0%

92.0%

93.3%

Young (11–16)

48

47.9%

76.0%

82.6%

0.793

82.6%

76.0%

79.2%

Older (17–21)

176

48.3%

85.9%

92.9%

0.894

92.9%

85.7%

89.2%

Heterosexual

158

50.6%

84.1%

91.4%

0.878

92.5%

82.1%

87.3%

Lesbian, gay, bisexual

66

42.4%

82.8%

89.2%

0.860

85.7%

86.8%

86.4%

Asian

42

47.6%

85.0%

86.4%

0.857

85.0%

86.4%

85.7%

Black

25

56.0%

81.3%

88.9%

0.851

92.9%

72.7%

84.0%

Hispanic or Latinx

39

30.8%

70.6%

100.0%

0.853

100.0%

81.5%

87.2%

White

87

55.1%

89.8%

89.5%

0.896

91.7%

87.2%

89.7%

Multiracial

16

31.3%

75.0%

83.3%

0.792

60.0%

90.9%

81.3%

  1. aAccuracy is the number of true positives (TP) and true negatives (TN) divided by sample size (n), or (TP + TN/n)