Table 3 Characteristics with 95 per cent confidence intervals of performance of different Pain DETECT cut-off scores
From: Neuropathic pain and use of PainDETECT in patients with fibromyalgia: a cohort study
Characteristics | PainDETECTscreening | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Cut-off score | |||
12 | 17 | 19 | |
Sensitivity | 0.94 (0.84 to 0.99) | 0.79 (0.43 to 0.89) | 0.58 (0.44 to 0.72) |
Specificity | 0.29 (0.20 to 0.38) | 0.53 (0.43 to 0.63) | 0.67 (0.57 to 0.76) |
Predictive value of positive test | 0.40 (0.31 to 0.49) | 0.46 (0.36 to 0.57) | 0.47 (0.35 to 0.60 |
Likelihood ratio (positive) | 1.32 (1.14 to 1.53) | 1.70 (1.33 to 2.17) | 1.75 (1.23 to 2.50) |
Youden's index | 0.23 (0.13 to 0.33) | 0.33 (0.17 to 0.47) | 0.25 (0.08 to 0.41) |