Instrument | Total sample size (studies) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Positive LR (95% CI) | Negative LR (95% CI) | I2, % | Prevalence |
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Patient Health Questionnaire-9 | 1617 (6) | 0.84 (0.69 to 0.92) | 0.88 (0.83 to 0.91) | 6.77 (4.96 to 9.24) | 0.19 (0.10 to 0.37) | 93 | 0.26 |
Two stem questions (low mood and loss of interest) | 1860 (6) | 0.98 (0.85 to 0.99) | 0.86 (0.70 to 0.94) | 6.81 (2.98 to 15.57) | 0.02 (0.002 to 0.21) | 0 | 0.20 |
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) | 3486 (22) | 0.83 (0.79 to 0.87) | 0.79 (0.74 to 0.84) | 3.96 (3.12 to 5.03) | 0.21 (0.16 to 0.27) | 90 | 0.20 |
BDI-non somatic items | 946 (8) | 0.83 (0.68 to 0.92) | 0.79 (0.70 to 0.85) | 3.89 (2.66 to 5.69) | 0.22 (0.11 to 0.44) | 87 | 0.22 |
Center of Epidemiological Studies — Depression | 1812 (11) | 0.77 (0.71 to 0.85) | 0.85 (0.80 to 0.90) | 5.25 (3.60 to 7.65) | 0.27 (0.21 to 0.36) | 0 | 0.23 |
Geriatric Depression Scale-30 | 687 (13) | 0.79 (0.73 to 0.84) | 0.73 (0.67 to 0.79) | 2.95 (2.37 to 3.68) | 0.29 (0.22 to 0.38) | 0 | 0.28 |
Geriatric Depression Scale-15 | 823 (8) | 0.84 (0.78 to 0.88) | 0.77 (0.73 to 0.81) | 3.70 (3.03 to 4.52) | 0.21 (0.16 to 0.28) | 0 | 0.29 |
One item | 1940 (11) | 0.73 (0.60 to 0.83) | 0.77 (0.62 to 0.88) | 3.21 (1.98 to 5.21) | 0.35 (0.24 to 0.49) | 98 | 0.26 |
General Health Questionnaire-12 | 517 (5) | 0.81 (0.70 to 0.89) | 0.64 (0.52 to 0.75) | 2.27 (1.68 to 3.09) | 0.29 (0.19 to 0.47) | 53 | 0.16 |
General Health Questionnaire-28 | 465 (5) | 0.90 (0.79 to 0.96) | 0.80 (0.62,0.90) | 4.39 (2.31 to 8.35) | 0.13 (0.06 to 0.25) | 94 | 0.33 |
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale — Depression | 5087 (29) | 0.75 (0.67 to 0.81) | 0.81 (0.74 to 0.86) | 3.90 (2.94 to 5.17) | 0.31 (0.24 to 0.41) | 99 | 0.26 |
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale | 985 (11) | 0.81 (0.75 to 0.86) | 0.85 (0.76 to 0.91) | 5.32 (3.24 to 8.71) | 0.22 (0.16 to 0.31) | 52 | 0.26 |
Zung Self Rating Depression Scale | 190 (4) | 0.78 (0.56 to 0.91) | 0.92 (0.68 to 0.98) | 9.82 (2.31 to 41.63) | 0.24 (0.11 to 0.50) | 83 | 0.30 |
LR = likelihood ratio.