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Table 2 Detecting psychological distress with the Emotional Function subscale of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 (EF-EORTC-QLQ-C30)

From: Using the emotional functioning in clinical practice to detect psychological distress in patients with advanced thoracic and colorectal cancer

 

Unresectable advanced thoracic cancer (n = 283)

Unresectable advanced colorectal cancer (n = 356)

Psychometric properties

 Accuracy

0.791

0.761

 Sensitivity

0.790

0.754

 Specificity

0.794

0.775

 Positive predictive value

0.917

0.868

 Negative predictive value

0.568

0.619

 Area Under the Curve (AUC)*

0.78–0.89

0.80–0.89

  1. *Relationship between EF-EORTC-QLQ-C30 and Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (BSI-18)
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