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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive probability of SUAS-S and BSS-5 cut-off points for detecting suicidality

From: The suicide assessment scale: Psychometric properties of a Norwegian language version

 

Cut-off

Sens1(%)

Spec2(%)

PPV3(%)

NPV4(%)

SUAS-S

≥ 28

80

52

61

74

 

≥ 29

80

56

63

75

 

≥ 30

68

63

63

68

 

≥ 31

68

67

65

69

BSS-5

≥ 0

100

0

77

81

 

≥ 1

80

78

77

40

 

≥ 2

36

93

82

61

 

≥ 3

32

96

78

52

  1. 1Sensitivity, 2Specificity, 3Positive predictive probability, 4Negative predictive probability.