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Table 1 Sensitivity, specificity, AuROC, positive and negative predictive values at a range of DAP cut-points

From: Predictive ability of the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy scale

 Cut-point

Sensitivity

Specificity

AuROC

PPV

NPV

<0.5

     

 Estimate

17.3%

98.8%

0.58

72.7%

86.5%

 95% CI

11.4%

24.6%

97.7%

99.4%

0.55

0.61

54.5%

86.7%

84.0%

88.7%

<0.1

     

 Estimate

50.4%

94.4%

0.72

62.5%

91.1%

 95% CI

41.8%

58.9%

92.5%

95.9%

0.68

0.77

52.9%

71.5%

88.8%

93.0%

<0.2

     

 Estimate

78.4%

80.5%

0.80

42.9%

95.2%

 95% CI

70.6%

84.9%

77.5%

83.3%

0.76

0.83

36.7%

49.2%

93.3%

96.8%

<3

     

 Estimate

97.1%

46.2%

0.72

25.2%

98.9%

 95% CI

92.8%

99.2%

42.5%

49.8%

0.69

0.74

21.6%

29.1%

97.1%

99.7%

  1. AuROC area under the area the receiver operator curve, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value