Table 4

Diagnostic accuracy in non-comatose patients with or without moderate to severe premorbid disability

None to slight disability (pmRS 0–2; N=489)Moderate to severe disability (pmRS 3–5; N=151)
ScoreSensitivitySpecificitySensitivitySpecificity
Recognition scores
 CPSS80 (72 to 86)81 (76 to 85)93 (80 to 98)31 (22 to 40)
 FAST81 (74 to 88)79 (74 to 83)95 (83 to 99)31 (22 to 40)
 LAPSS 199852 (43 to 60)98 (96 to 99)20 (10 to 36)95 (89 to 98)
 LAPSS 200057 (48 to 66)98 (96 to 99)23 (11 to 38)95 (89 to 98)
 MASS73 (65 to 81)94 (91 to 96)28 (15 to 44)93 (87 to 97)
 Med PACS71 (62 to 79)94 (91 to 96)73 (56 to 85)85 (77 to 91)
 ROSIER77 (69 to 84)89 (85 to 92)87 (73 to 96)49 (39 to 59)
Severity scores
 KPSS78 (70 to 85)73 (68 to 77)98 (87 to 100)19 (12 to 28)
 LAMS65 (56 to 73)90 (87 to 93)76 (60 to 88)52 (42 to 61)
 NIHSS87 (80 to 92)56 (51 to 61)100 (91 to 100)10 (05 to 17)
 sNIHSS-883 (75 to 89)79 (75 to 83)98 (87 to 100)29 (21 to 39)
 sNIHSS-578 (70 to 85)81 (76 to 85)98 (87 to 100)31 (22 to 40)
  • CPSS, Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale; FAST, Face Arm Speech Test; KPSS, Kurashiki Prehospital Stroke Scale; LAMS, Los Angeles Motor Scale; LAPSS, Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen; MASS, Melbourne Ambulance Stroke Screen; Med PACS, Medic Prehospital Assessment for Code Stroke; pmRS, premorbid modified Rankin Scale; ROSIER, Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room score; sNIHSS-8/5, shortened National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale with 8 resp. 5 items.

  • Data are % (95% CI).