Criterion validity of the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire and one- and two-item depression screens in young adolescents

Table 2 Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity of SMFQ depression screening methods against the DISC diagnosis of depressive disorder based on combined child and parent report.

	Child Report	Parent Report	Child + Parent Report
Total SMFQ Score
N	499	490	482
Number of cases	31	29	29
AUC (95% confidence interval)	0.73 (0.63-0.84)	0.74 (0.62-0.85)	0.86 (0.81-0.91)
Cut point	4	4	10
Sensitivity	0.66	0.66	0.76
Specificity	0.61	0.66	0.78
SMFQ Mood and Anhedonia Questions
N	507	506	506
Number of cases	31	31	31
AUC (95% confidence interval)	0.67 (0.56-0.78)	0.74 (0.63-0.84)	0.78 (0.68-0.88)
Cut point	1	1	2
Sensitivity	0.81	0.86	0.77
Specificity	0.50	0.46	0.58
SMFQ Mood Question alone
N	507	506	506
Number of cases	31	31	31
AUC (95% confidence interval)	0.66 (0.54-0.78)	0.65 (0.53-0.76)	0.71 (0.58-0.83)
Cut point	1	1	2
Sensitivity	0.72	0.76	0.65
Specificity	0.57	0.49	0.68

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