Table 2 Classification quality of sorting Schizophrenia patients from others subjects, or sorting between low and high negative symptom severity, using the Disorganization Index obtained from dream + negative image reports, negative image reports, or dream reports only

From: Thought disorder measured as random speech structure classifies negative symptoms and schizophrenia diagnosis 6 months in advance

Disorganization Index

Classification

Sensitivity

Specificity

Precision

Recall

F-measure

AUC

Accuracy

Dream + Negative Recent-onset Sample

S × (B + C)

0.92

0.76

0.91

0.92

0.91

0.85

91.67

 

High × Low

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

100.00

Only Negative Recent-onset Sample

S × (B + C)

0.81

0.64

0.80

0.81

0.80

0.79

80.95

 

High × Low

0.95

0.95

0.96

0.95

0.95

0.97

95.23

Only Dream Recent-onset Sample

S × (B + C)

0.78

0.62

0.80

0.78

0.79

0.77

77.78

 

High × Low

0.73

0.67

0.73

0.73

0.73

0.80

73.33

Dream—Chronic Sample

S × (B + C)

0.85

0.78

0.85

0.85

0.85

0.81

85.00

 

High × Low

0.73

0.62

0.72

0.73

0.72

0.81

73.33

  1. The last row shows an independent validation of the Disorganization Index calculated for dream reports of a chronic psychotic sample.9 S × (B + C) indicates that the classification was performed between the Schizophrenia group (S) vs. the sum of Bipolar and Control groups (B + C)