Improving Screening Cut-Off Scores for DSM-5 Adolescent Anxiety Disorder Symptom Dimensions with the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders

Table 2

Cut-off scores, sensitivity (number of false negatives), and specificity (number of false positives) of the SCARED subscales in detecting adolescents with a high-risk level anxiety trajectory.

Cut-off score	Sensitivity^1	Specificity^2	Cut-off score	Sensitivity^1	Specificity^2
Generalized Anxiety Disorder			Panic Disorder
Based on score at S1			Based on score at S1
3.96	.90 (2)	.68 (289)	1.95	.86 (6)	.51 (430)
Based on scores at S1 + S2			Based on scores at S1 + S2
23.04	.90 (2)	.90 (90)	20.02	.91 (4)	.70 (261)
Based on scores at S1 + S2 + S3			Based on scores at S1 + S2 + S3
44.91	.90 (2)	.97 (26)	43.94	.86 (6)	.88 (108)
Separation Anxiety Disorder			Social Anxiety Disorder
Based on score at S1			Based on score at S1
4.00	.86 (6)	.83 (153)	3.00	.93 (2)	.68 (282)
Based on scores at S1 + S2			Based on scores at S1 + S2
18.00	.93 (3)	.89 (99)	12.00	.93 (2)	.87 (116)
Based on scores at S1 + S2 + S3			Based on scores at S1 + S2 + S3
30.96	.98 (1)	.92 (68)	22.00	.97 (1)	.96 (33)

Note. ¹Sensitivity percentages; numbers between round brackets are the absolute number of false negatives. ²Specificity percentages; numbers between round brackets are the absolute number of false positives. S1–S3: First through the third annual screenings.