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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive power, and negative predictive power associated with using impairment on neurocognitive measures to predict rates of below grade level academic performance

From: Monitoring neurocognitive functioning in childhood cancer survivors: evaluation of CogState computerized assessment and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)

 

Reading below grade level

Mathematics below grade level

Neurocognitive Measure, Cutoff

Sensitivity, % (95% CI)

Specificity, % (95% CI)

Positive Predictive Value, % (95% CI)

Negative Predictive Value, % (95% CI)

Sensitivity, % (95% CI)

Specificity, % (95% CI)

Positive Predictive Value, % (95% CI)

Negative Predictive Value, % (95% CI)

BRIEF-MCI, T > 65

26 (7–46)

88 (75–100)

63 (29–96)

61 (45–77)

41 (18–65)

96 (88–100)

88 (65–100)

71 (55–86)

CogState Composite, z < − 1

26 (7–46)

92 (81–100)

71 (38–100)

62 (47–78)

29 (8–51)

92 (81–100)

71 (38–100)

66 (38–100)

BRIEF-MCI, T > 65 or CogState Composite, z < −1

47 (25–70)

84 (70–98)

69 (44–94)

68 (51–84)

59 (35–82)

88 (75–100)

77 (54–100)

76 (60–91)

  1. BRIEF-MCI = Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Metacognition Index