Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-3A be used to screen for anxiety?

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and AUC for anxiety^a of the EPDS-3A

Cut-off^b	Sens	95% CI	Spec	95% CI	PPV	95% CI	NPV	95% CI	AUC
3	99.3		70.2		14.5		99.9		0.926
4	74.2		85.4		20.5		98.5
5	70.9	0.37; 1.05	92.2	0.96; 0.88	31.7	0.18; 0.46	98.4	0.96; 1.01
6	52.7		97.6		52.4		97.6
7	41.4		99.4		78.2		97.1
8	25.2		99.7		82.2		96.3
9	4.7		1		86.7		95.4

Sens sensitivity, 95% CI confidence interval, Spec specificity, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, AUC the area under the ROC curve
Values in bold represent the most adequate combination of sensitivity, specificity, and PPV. For the sake of clarity 95% CIs provided only for the optimal cutoff-scores. 95% CIs for all values can be provided by request.
^aAnxiety caseness status defined by a score within the clinical range on the anxiety scale of the Hopkins Symptom Check-List − 63, for which national norms exist [25, 26]
^bA value score exactly equal to the cut-off is understood as being a case

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