From: The relation between the patient health questionnaire-15 and DSM somatic diagnoses
 | DSM-IV somatoform disorders | DSM-5 somatic symptom and related disorders | DSM-5 SSD, at least mild | DSM-5 SSD, at least moderate | DSM-5 SSD, severe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cutoff of the PHQ-15 total | 6/7 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 12/13 |
Sensitivity | 0.669 | 0.845 | 0.847 | 0.839 | 0.571 |
Specificity | 0.600 | 0.487 | 0.477 | 0.384 | 0.721 |
Youden’s index | 0.269 | 0.332 | 0.324 | 0.223 | 0.292 |
AUC | 0.678 | 0.725 | 0.718 | 0.597 | 0.598 |