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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of POPSSI for detecting POP

From: Validation of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Simple Screening Inventory (POPSSI) in a population of Ethiopian women

POPSSI

anterior compartment prolapse

posterior compartment prolapse

Apical prolapse

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

SUI

16.8

82.1

44.7

53.3

28.3

85.5

34.2

81.6

16.1

81.7

63.1

59.4

Urinary Urgency

39.6

65.8

50

55.7

37

63.4

21.2

78.9

46

69.5

50

65.9

Pain during defecation

7.9

95.7

61.5

54.6

15.2

96.5

53.8

80.9

5.7

93.5

38.4

60

Feeling or seeing bulge

93.1

83.8

83.1

93.3

93.5

59.3

38

97.1

94.3

76.3

72.5

95.2