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Table 3 Accuracy of oncologists’ ratings

From: Oncologists’ perception of depressive symptoms in patients with advanced cancer: accuracy and relational correlates

Measure (base rate %)

Cutoff

Agreement (%)

Se (%)

Sp (%)

κ

DOR

ICC

Depression (51.5)

≥3

60.7

68.9 (59.5-77.1)

52.0 (42.3-61.7)

.21 (.14-.34)

2.41 (1.35-4.28)

.42 (.24-.56)

Depressive Symptoms

≥1

      

A) Sadness (42.6)

 

41.0

32.5 (.23-.43)

47.3 (38.3-.56.5)

.19 (.08-.32)

0.43 (.24-.78)

.48 (.31-.61)

B) Pessimism (51.8)

 

39.1

73.5 (64.2-81.1)

44.2 (34.6-54.2)

.18 (.05-.31)

2.20 (1.21-4.00)

.36 (.15-.51)

C) Failure (25.0)

 

65.0

34.0 (22.4-47.9)

75.3 (67.9-81.6)

.09 (−.05-.24)

1.57 (.79-3.15)

.14 (−.14-.35)

D) Dissatisfaction (30.5)

 

62.0

49.2 (37.1-6.14)

67.6 (59.5-74.8)

.16 (.02-.30)

2.02 (1.09-3.74)

.30 (.07-.47)

E) Guilt (14.0)

 

77.0

28.6 (15.3-47.1)

84.9 (78.8-89.5)

.12 (−.04-.28)

2.25 (.90-5.64)

.15 (−.12-.36)

F) Self-Dislike (19.1)

 

72.9

21.1 (11.1-36.4)

85.1 (78.8-89.8)

.07 (−.08-.21)

1.52 (.62-3.72)

.17 (−.10-.37)

G) Suicide Ideas (17.0)

 

82.0

20.6 (10.4-36.8)

94.6 (90.0-97.1)

.19 (.02-.36)

4.52 (1.55-13.20)

.40 (.21-.55)

H) Body Image (47.5)

 

53.5

68.4 (58.5-76.9)

40.0 (31.1-49.6)

.08 (−.05-.21)

1.44 (.81-2.59)

.30 (.08-.47)

Distress (25.9)

≥4

64.7

64.3 (45.8-79.3)

64.7 (57.4-71.5)

.17 (.05-.28)

3.31 (1.44-7.61)

.52 (.36-.63)

  1. Note. 95% confidence interval in parentheses; Se = Sensitivity; Sp = Specificity; κ = Kappa statistic. Full statistical information is available upon request.