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Table 8 Receiver operating characteristics

From: DUNDRUM-2: Prospective validation of a structured professional judgment instrument assessing priority for admission from the waiting list for a forensic mental health hospital

 

Area under the curve (AUC)

S.E.

95% confidence interval

Remand prisoners, n = 38, 22 admitted, 16 not admitted.

DUNDRUM-1 triage urgency score

0.942

0.038

0.868

1.000

DUNDRUM-2 triage security score

0.905

0.050

0.806

1.000

Combined D-1 and D-2

0.940

0.038

0.864

1.000

Sentenced prisoners, n = 20, 12 admitted, 8 not admitted

DUNDRUM-1 triage urgency score

0.885

0.082

0.725

1.000

DUNDRUM-2 triage security score

0.734

0.118

0.493

0.954

Combined D-1 and D-2

0.844

0.093

0.661

1.000

Patients in less secure hospitals, n = 7, 4 admitted, 3 not admitted

DUNDRUM-1 triage urgency score

0.875

0.145

0.591

1.000

DUNDRUM-2 triage security score

0.500

0.234

0.042

0.958

Combined D-1 and D-2

0.958

0.077

0.808

1.000

  1. All areas under the curve (AUC) significantly greater than 0.5 at p < 0.001 where the null hypothesis is that the area under the curve is 0.5.