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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values (PV), and kappa values for different headache diagnoses among screen-positive, compared with the whole sample (screen-positive and screen-negative)

From: A face-to-face interview of participants in HUNT 3: the impact of the screening question on headache prevalence

Suffered from headache during the last year (n = 92)

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive (PV)

Negative (PV)

Kappa (95% CI)

Migraine (n = 51)

41

94

75

78

0.40 (0.27–0.53)

Migraine ≥1 days per month (n = 42)

40

98

88

78

0.44 (0.31–0.57)

Tension-type headache (n = 154)

63

53

38

76

0.14 (0.03–0.25)

Tension-type headache ≥1 days per month (n = 88)

59

83

66

82

0.43 (0.31–0.55)

Chronic tension-type headache (n = 12)

13

100

100

72

0.17 (0.01–0.33)

Medication-overuse headache (n = 6)

7

100

100

70

0.09 (−0.05–0.25)