Table 4

Diagnostic tests of the point-of-service questionnaire for rarely appropriate requests

Sensitivity estimate (lower–upper)Specificity estimate (lower–upper)OR estimate (lower–upper)Positive predictive value estimate (lower–upper)Negative predictive valuePositive likelihood ratio estimate (lower–upper)Negative likelihood ratio estimate (lower–upper)
Prospective cohort0.84 (0.68 to 0.94)0.87 (0.83 to 0.90)33.96 (13.61 to 4.78)0.34 (0.24 to 0.44)0.98 (0.97 to 1.00)6.34 (4.83 to 8.34)0.19 (0.09 to 0.39)
External retrospective validation cohort0.80 (0.69 to 0.88)0.95 (0.84 to 0.97)83.3 (43.13 to 159.83)0.62 (0.51 to 0.72)0.98 (0.97 to 0.99)17.41 (12.46 to 24.32)0.21 (0.13 to 0.33)