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Table 3 The expected prevalence of MDQ positivity according to items 4 and 5 when adding to the first three item positive response at different cut off value

From: Evaluation of mood disorder questionnaire positivity and associated factors in a population-based screening study

Cut-offa

Item-4 (+) Expected prevalenceb

Item-5 (+) Expected prevalenceb

Both Item 4 and 5 (+)

Expected prevalenceb

5

2.0

3.2

0.9

6

1.6

2.6

0.3

7

1.9

3.0

0.4

8

1.5

1.5

0.5

9

1.9

1.9

0.6

  1. aThe frequency according to different cut-off scores were found from positive responses to first three items of MDQ plus item 4, item 5, and both item 4 and item 5. bExpected prevalence % was calculated according to sensitivity values reported in (Konuk et al., 2007)
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