Distress or no distress, that's the question: A cutoff point for distress in a working population

Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity of alternative cutoff points in the 'equal sample population' and the 'representative sample population'

Equal sample population (n = 560): 280 healthy working employees plus 280 employees on sick leave for psychological complaints			Representative sample population (n = 3677): 3605 healthy working employees plus 72 employees on sick leave for psychological complaints
Cutoff	Sensitivity	Specificity	Cutoff	Sensitivity	Specificity
7.50	.979	.854	7.50	.973	.830
8.50	.975	.882	8.50	.973	.863
9.50	.950	.893	9.50	.945	.884
10.50	.939	.914	10.50	.945	.905
11.50	.929	.921	11.50	.932	.918
12.50	.907	.936	12.50	.890	.932
13.50	.882	.954	13.50	.877	.945

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