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Table 3 ROC analysis of individual MHI-5 items, the whole MHI-5, and the MHI-3, by severity of depressive symptoms

From: Usefulness of five-item and three-item Mental Health Inventories to screen for depressive symptoms in the general population of Japan

Items and scales

Severity of depressive symptom (range of ZSDS scores)

 

Mild, moderate, or severe (40 through 80)

Either moderate or severe (48 through 80)

Severe (56 through 80)

 

AUC

(95% CI)

AUC

(95% CI)

AUC

(95% CI)

(i) Nervous person

0.696

(0.677–0.716)

0.707

(0.680–0.734)

0.826

(0.774–0.879)

(ii) Down in the dumps

0.713

(0.694–0.733)

0.741

(0.714–0.769)

0.862

(0.813–0.910)

(iii) Calm and peaceful

0.745

(0.726–0.764)

0.755

(0.728–0.782)

0.845

(0.797–0.892)

(iv) Downhearted and blue

0.739

(0.720–0.758)

0.748

(0.721–0.776)

0.898

(0.855–0.941)

(v) Happy person

0.747

(0.729–0.765)

0.738

(0.711–0.765)

0.858

(0.811–0.905)

MHI-5*

0.810

(0.793–0.826)

0.819

(0.795–0.843)

0.942

(0.919–0.965)

MHI-3†

0.800

(0.783–0.817)

0.803

(0.779–0.828)

0.933

(0.904–0.962)

  1. Values shown are areas under the ROC curves (AUC), and their 95% CIs, for three levels of depressive symptoms as measured by ZSDS scores. *The MHI-5 includes all 5 items. †The MHI-3 includes only items ii, iv, and v.