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Table 5 Sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive values of different cut-off scores of the Greek EPDS for identifying minor, moderate and severe depression

From: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: translation and validation for a Greek sample

Threshold

scores

Sensitivity

(%)

Specificity

(%)

PPV

(%)

NPV

(%)

6

88.33

51.66

64.63

81.57

7

81.66

58.33

66.21

76.08

8

76.66

68.33

70.76

74.54

9

60

78.33

73.46

66.19

10

58.33

81.66

76.08

66.21

11

48.33

86.66

78.37

62.65

12

41.66

93.33

86.20

61.53

13

33.33

95

86.95

58.76

14

23.33

95

82.35

55.33

15

16.66

95

76.92

53.27

16

11.66

96.66

77.77

52.25