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Table 2 Concurrent validity of the Time and Change (T&C) test in a sample of elderly hospital patients.

From: Validating the Time and Change test to screen for dementia in elderly Koreans

  

Reference standard*

Total

  

Dementia

No dementia

 

T&C

+

27

2

29

assessment

-

10

20

30

 

Total

37

22

59

Sensitivity = 27/37 (73.0%) (CI = 61.6–84.3%)

Specificity = 20/22 (90.9%) (CI = 83.6–98.2%)

Positive predictive value = 27/29 (93.1%) (CI = 86.6–99.6%)

Negative predictive value = 20/30 (66.7%) (CI = 54.6–78.7%)

Accuracy = 47/59 (79.7%)

  1. CI = 95% confidence interval for sensitivity and specificity values.
  2. *Diagnosis of dementia made by a clinician.
  3. +, positive for dementia according to T&C test.
  4. -, negative for dementia according to T&C test.