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Table 4 Area Under the Curve (AUC) of the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC) Analyses for the different versions of the GAS, and Comparison of independent ROC curves

From: Psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the short form of the geriatric anxiety scale (GAS-10)

Criteria

AUC

SE

(95%CI)

Sensitivity/

Cut-off

PPV/NPV

Specificity

Clinical vs NonClinical

 GAS-long form

.729

.045

.672/.782

91.43/28.82

> 9a

16.4/95.7

88.57/51.53

> 13

21.8/96.7

 GAS-10

.702

.046

.643/.757

62.86/72.93

> 6

26.2/92.8

ROC curve comparison

∆AUC

SE

(95%CI)

z

p

 

GAS-long form vs GAS-10

.026

.035

−.041/.095

.780

.435

 

GAI-SF > 2

 GAS-long form

.797

.028

.743/.844

91.82/38.96

> 9a

51.8/87.0

71.82/75.97

> 15

68.1/79.1

 GAS-10

.745

.030

.688/.797

53.64/83.77

> 6

70.2/71.7

ROC curve comparison

∆AUC

SE

(95%CI)

z

p

 

GAS-long form vs GAS-10

.052

.0233

.006/.097

2.226

.026

 
  1. a cut-off identified by Gould et al., 2014 [70]