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Table 2 Specificity and sensitivity according to the cut-off points in the three Kihon Checklist conditions

From: Predicting incidence of long-term care insurance certification in Japan with the Kihon Checklist for frailty screening tool: analysis of local government survey data

 

Incidence of long-term care insurance certification

Specificity

Sensitivity

n

Case

(%)

The selected eight Kihon Checklist items

 3 points a

   

82.1%

92.6%

   < 3 points

14,536

6

(0.0)

  

   ≥ 3 points

3168

75

(2.3)

  

 4 points a

   

91.3%

82.7%

   < 4 points

16,167

14

(0.1)

  

   ≥ 4 points

1537

67

(4.2)

  

The main 20 Kihon Checklist items

 8 points a

   

89.7%

82.7%

   < 8 points

15,880

14

(0.1)

  

   ≥ 8 points

1824

67

(3.5)

  

All 25 Kihon Checklist items

 9 points a

   

85.1%

87.7%

   < 9 points

15,074

10

(0.1)

  

   ≥ 9 points

2630

71

(2.6)

  
  1. aCut-off point