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Table 4 Relevant indicators of PHQ-9 validity analysis

From: The validity and reliability of the PHQ-9 on screening of depression in neurology: a cross sectional study

Cut-off value

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Youden index

3

95.6%

55.5%

41.1%

97.5%

0.511

4

94.1%

68.4%

49.2%

97.3%

0.625

5

91.2%

76.6%

55.9%

96.4%

0.678

6

82.4%

80.4%

57.7%

93.3%

0.628

7

77.9%

85.2%

63.1%

92.2%

0.631

8

69.1%

87.1%

63.5%

89.7%

0.562

9

61.8%

90.9%

68.9%

88.0%

0.527

10

54.4%

93.8%

74.0%

86.3%

0.482