Assigning Clinical Significance and Symptom Severity Using the Zung Scales: Levels of Misclassification Arising from Confusion between Index and Raw Scores

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 2</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>Number of papers applying cut-offs correctly and incorrectly.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:12.50em" /><col style="width:6.45em" /><col style="width:6.41em" /></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">SDS (<i>n</i> = 60)</td><td class="align_center">SAS (<i>n</i> = 60)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cut-offs not used</td><td class="align_center">15</td><td class="align_center">20</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Consistent use: raw scores</td><td class="align_center">9</td><td class="align_center">8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Consistent use: index scores</td><td class="align_center">13</td><td class="align_center">14</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Incorrect use</td><td class="align_center">16</td><td class="align_center">8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unclear application</td><td class="align_center">7</td><td class="align_center">10</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 2 | Assigning Clinical Significance and Symptom Severity Using the Zung Scales: Levels of Misclassification Arising from Confusion between Index and Raw Scores

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Table 2: Assigning Clinical Significance and Symptom Severity Using the Zung Scales: Levels of Misclassification Arising from Confusion between Index and Raw Scores

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