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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of the CAN score for Frailty screening

From: Validation of an automatically generated screening score for frailty: the care assessment need (CAN) score

CAN Score cut-off

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

PPV (95% CI)

NPV (95% CI)

≥ 55th percentile

91.67%

(81.61–97.24)

40.42%

(31.6–49.51)

42.64%

(38.69–46.68)

90.91%

(80.79–95.56)

≥ 95th percentile

43.33%

(30.59–56.76)

88.81%

(82.21–93.60)

63.41%

(49.81–75.17)

77.78%

(73.56–81.49)

  1. CI Confident Intervals, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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