Operating Characteristics of the MDQ Compared with Previous Reports
| Current Study* | Psychiatric Outpatient† | General Population‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity | 0.580 | 0.73 | 0.281 |
| Specificity | 0.930 | 0.90 | 0.972 |
* Primary care outpatients treated for depression (adjusted for sampling).
† Psychiatric outpatient clinics focused on mood disorders.7
‡ Adult general population randomly selected from a group of respondents in a nationwide epidemiological general population sample.9