Table 4

The clinical judgement of the general practitioner

First author, yearTypeAUCSensitivity, %Specificity, %PPV, %NPV, %
Performance of decision
 Bruins Slot et al,11 2011Derivation0.66
(0.58–0.73)
97.09.523.491.7
 Aerts et al,14 2017Sensitivity analysis0.79N/AN/AN/AN/A
Performance of decision rule versus clinical judgement
 Grijseels et al,12 1996Validation0.7091.436.756.982.4
GP’s aided clinical judgementN/A97.621.053.190.7
 Bruins Slot et al,11 2011Derivation0.66
(0.58–0.73)
97.09.523.491.7
GP’s unaided clinical judgement0.75
(0.68–0.82)
93.919.424.991.8
  • AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; GP, general practitioner; N/A, not available; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.