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Table 4 Operating characteristics of the DTUD with the experts’ clinical judgment constituting the criterion standard

From: The decision tool unipolar depression (DTUD): a new measure to facilitate the early identification of patients with major depressive disorder in need of highly specialized care

DTUD Scale Score

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Youden indexa

≥ 3

0.94 (0.84–0.99)

0.43 (0.32–0.55)

0.373

≥ 4

0.86 (0.74–0.94)

0.63 (0.52–0.73)

0.492

≥ 5

0.67 (0.52–0.79)

0.83 (0.73–0.90)

0.494

≥ 6

0.35 (0.22–0.50)

0.93 (0.85–0.97)

0.279

  1. a Youden index = (sensitivity + specificity) - 1
  2. DTUD Decision Tool Unipolar Depression, CI Confidence Interval
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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