Table 8.

Confusion Matrix of Physician and Survey-based Diagnoses of Nociceptive Pain (PainDETECT score ≤13).

Physician
Positive Diagnosis
Physician
Negative Diagnosis
Questionnaire
Positive Diagnosis
20 7 PPV=74.1%
Questionnaire
Negative Diagnosis
18 44 NPV=71.0%
Sensitivity=52.6% Specificity=86.3%

Physician-assigned diagnoses were used as the reference standard.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2026; 17(3): e0020. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2026 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10580