Table 4:

Performance of the symptom screening tool

SARS-CoV-2 positiveSARS-CoV-2 negativeTotal
Screening positive7114901561
Screening negative018141814
Total7133043375
Point estimates (95% CI)
Apparent prevalence0.46 (0.45–0.48)
True prevalence0.02 (0.02–0.03)
Accuracy0.56 (0.54–0.58)
Sensitivity1.00 (0.95–1.00)
Specificity0.55 (0.53–0.57)
Positive predictive value0.04 (0.04–0.06)
Negative predictive value1.00 (0.998–1.00)
Positive likelihood ratio*2.19 (2.09–2.29)
Negative likelihood ratio*0.02 (0.004–0.18)
Odds ratio*87.65 (12.16–631.50)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval, SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

  • * To estimate positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio and diagnostic odds ratio, we added 1 to each cell.