Corrected Tables for Fatigue Scales and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Issues of Sensitivity and Specificity, DSQ v.31 no.1 (Winter 2011)

Corrected Tables for Fatigue Scales and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Issues of Sensitivity and Specificity, DSQ v.31 no.1 (Winter 2011) Leonard A. Jason, Meredyth Evans, Molly Brown, Nicole Porter, Abigail Brown, Jessica Hunnell, Valerie Anderson, Athena Lerch DePaul University E-mail: Ljason@depaul.edu

Abstract

These tables correct formatting errors that appeared in the previous version of this article. These tables are authoritative and supercede those in the previous issue of DSQ.

Corrected Tables for

Jason, L. A., Evans, M., Brown, M., Porter, N., Brown, A., Hunnell, J., Anderson, V., & Lerch, A. Fatigue scales and chronic fatigue syndrome: Issues of sensitivity and specificity. Disability Studies Quarterly 31.1 (Winter 2011)

Table 1: AUC Values, Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for Study 1- CFS vs. Control
Scale	AUC	Std. Error	95% C.I.		Cut-offs	Sensitivity	Specificity
Scale	AUC	Std. Error	LB	UB	Cut-offs	Sensitivity	Specificity
MFTQ
Wired	0.84	0.03	0.79	0.89	≥18.13	0.90	0.52
Brain	0.90	0.02	0.85	0.94	≥24.17	0.90	0.73
Energy	0.90	0.02	0.85	0.94	≥18.75	0.90	0.71
Flu	0.87	0.02	0.82	0.91	≥31.25	0.90	0.66
Post-exertional	0.96	0.01	0.93	0.99	≥36.07	0.90	0.93
Ray
Somatic	0.80	0.03	0.74	0.85	≥1.16	0.90	0.56
Emotion	0.54	0.04	0.47	0.62	≥0.61	0.90	0.12
Fatigue	0.91	0.02	0.87	0.95	≥1.88	0.90	0.62
Cognitive	0.84	0.03	0.79	0.89	≥1.41	0.90	0.50
FSS	0.94	0.02	0.91	0.98	≥4.95	0.90	0.84
Fatigue Scale	0.90	0.02	0.86	0.94	≥14.50	0.90	0.61

Table 2: AUC Values, Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for Study 2- CFS vs. MDD Combined
Scale	AUC	Std. Error	95% C.I.		Cut-offs	Sensitivity	Specificity
Scale	AUC	Std. Error	LB	UB	Cut-offs	Sensitivity	Specificity
MFI
Gen. Fatigue	0.63	0.07	0.49	0.77	≥ 13	0.85	0.35
Red. Activity	0.56	0.07	0.42	0.70	≥ 10	0.82	0.24
Meets^a	0.54	0.07	0.40	0.68		1.00	0.08
SI
Total^b	0.82	0.05	0.71	0.92	≥ 25	0.93	0.49
SF-36
Phys. Func.	0.85	0.05	0.76	0.95	≤ 70	0.89	0.32
Role Phy.	0.83	0.05	0.73	0.93	≤ 50	0.96	0.57
Soc. Func.	0.63	0.07	0.48	0.77	≤ 75	0.93	0.16
Role Emo.	0.24	0.06	0.12	0.36	≤ 66.7	0.30	0.19
Meets^c	0.50	0.07	0.36	0.64		1.00	0.00
Meets Criteria^d	0.72	0.06	0.60	0.85		0.93	0.51

^a Meets Reeves et al. (2005) fatigue criterion for the empiric CFS case definition.

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Corrected Tables for

Jason, L. A., Evans, M., Brown, M., Porter, N., Brown, A., Hunnell, J., Anderson, V., & Lerch, A. Fatigue scales and chronic fatigue syndrome: Issues of sensitivity and specificity. Disability Studies Quarterly 31.1 (Winter 2011)

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Corrected Tables for Jason, L. A., Evans, M., Brown, M., Porter, N., Brown, A., Hunnell, J., Anderson, V., & Lerch, A. Fatigue scales and chronic fatigue syndrome: Issues of sensitivity and specificity. Disability Studies Quarterly 31.1 (Winter 2011)

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Corrected Tables for

Jason, L. A., Evans, M., Brown, M., Porter, N., Brown, A., Hunnell, J., Anderson, V., & Lerch, A. Fatigue scales and chronic fatigue syndrome: Issues of sensitivity and specificity. Disability Studies Quarterly 31.1 (Winter 2011)