Table 3 Summary measures of sensitivity, specificity and confidence
From: How accurately do members of the dental team detect malignant lesions?
Primary care dentists | Hygiene/therapists | Hospital-based dentists | Nurses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | ||||
Median | 81% | 77% | 90% | 68% |
Minimum | 32% | 35% | 81% | 48% |
Maximum | 100% | 100% | 100% | 87% |
Interquartile range | 19% | 19% | 9% | 18% |
Lower bound of confidence* | 71% | 71% | 18% | 61% |
Specificity | ||||
Median | 73% | 69% | 76% | 59% |
Minimum | 32% | 42% | 68% | 41% |
Maximum | 97% | 90% | 88% | 92% |
Interquartile range | 16% | 17% | 10% | 18% |
Lower bound of confidence* | 69% | 64% | 73% | 53% |
Confidence | ||||
Mean | 6.48 | 5.88 | 7.73 | 3.73 |
Standard deviation | 1.57 | 1.53 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
