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World J Psychiatry. Sep 19, 2026; 16(9): 119271
Published online Sep 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.119271
Table 5 Agreement analysis between two scales and gold standard diagnosis
Scale and cutoff value
Positive cases
True positive
False positive
True negative
False negative
Kappa value
P value
HAMD-17 ≥ 7 points (optimal cutoff value)1469947186130.632< 0.001
PHQ-9 ≥ 5 points17510273160100.521< 0.001
PHQ-9 ≥ 7 points (optimal cutoff value)1379344189190.606< 0.001
PHQ-9 ≥ 10 points1078225208300.632< 0.001


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