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Table 8 Psychometric properties of EURO-D depression scale, by site, with respect to clinical criteria

From: Psychometric properties of EURO-D, a geriatric depression scale: a cross-cultural validation study

 

ICD-10 depressive episode

 

AUROC 1

Optimal cutpoint 2 (Youden’s index)

Sensitivity at 4/5 cutpoint (%)

Specificity at 4/5 cutpoint (%)

Cuba

0.97 (0.96-0.98)

4/5 0.85

97.2

87.7

DR

0.95 (0.94-0.96)

4/5 0.78

93.5

84.0

Puerto Rico

0.97 (0.96-0.98)

4/5 0.90

97.9

91.6

Peru urban

0.94 (0.93-0.96)

4/5 0.77

92.0

84.5

Peru rural

0.96 (0.94-0.98)

4/5 0.87

100.0

87.0

Venezuela

0.95 (0.94-0.97)

4/5 0.79

94.4

84.7

Mexico urban

0.93 (0.91-0.96)

4/5 0.74

89.4

84.1

Mexico rural

0.94 (0.92-0.97)

4/5 0.76

88.9

87.0

China urban

1.00 (0.99-1.00)

6/7 0.99

100.0

97.8

China rural

1.00 (0.99-1.00)

4/5 0.87

85.7

99.6

India urban

0.95 (0.92-0.98)

5/6 0.74

97.4

74.1

India rural

0.89 (0.86-0.91)

3/4 0.63

91.3

69.5

Nigeria

0.93 (0.87-0.98)

4/5 0.79

100.0

79.3

  1. 1AUROC - Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve.
  2. 2Defined by maximizing Youden’s index.