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Table 5 ROC analysis (n = 548)

From: Psychometric properties of the fatigue questionnaire EORTC QLQ-FA12 and proposal of a cut-off value for young adults with cancer

Cutoff (case ≥ ...)

Value (95% CI)

SEN

SPE

Youden J

PPV

NPV

ACC

8

98 (96–100)

53 (48–57)

0.51 (0.48–0.53)

37 (31–42)

99 (98–100)

63 (59–67)

9

97 (93–100)

60 (55–65)

0.57 (0.53–0.59)

40 (34–46)

98 (97–100)

68 (64–72)

10

94 (90–98)

66 (61–70)

0.60 (0.56–0.62)

43 (37–49)

98 (96–99)

72 (68–75)

11

92 (88–97)

71 (67–75)

0.64 (0.60–0.66)

47 (41–53)

97 (95–99)

76 (72–79)

12

91 (86–96)

77 (73–81)

0.68 (0.64–0.70)

52 (45–59)

97 (95–99)

80 (77–83)

13

89 (83–95)

81 (77–84)

0.70 (0.66–0.73)

56 (49–63)

96 (94–98)

82 (79–86)

14

83 (76–90)

83 (79–86)

0.66 (0.62–0.69)

57 (50–65)

95 (92–97)

83 (80–86)

15

81 (74–88)

86 (83–90)

0.67 (0.63–0.71)

62 (55–70)

94 (92–96)

85 (82–88)

16

72 (64–80)

89 (86–92)

0.62 (0.57–0.65)

65 (57–73)

92 (89–95)

86 (83–89)

17

62 (53–71)

92 (89–94)

0.54 (0.49–0.58)

67 (59–76)

90 (87–93)

85 (82–88)

18

52 (43–61)

94 (92–96)

0.46 (0.41–0.51)

70 (61–80)

88 (85–91)

85 (82–88)

  1. Cut-off values for the general fatigue index (0–30). SEN (sensitivity) SPE (specificity), PPV (positive predicted value), NPV (negative predicted value), ACC (accuracy). Values with SEN or SPE below 50% are not presented