Cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study of self-testing for proteinuria during hypertensive pregnancies : The UDIP study

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of self-testing for proteinuria during pregnancy.

DESIGN: Diagnostic accuracy study.

SETTING: Antenatal clinics, maternity assessment units and inpatient wards at three hospital sites.

POPULATION OR SAMPLE: 345 pregnant women.

METHODS: Pregnant women self-tested in-clinic for urinary protein using visually read dipsticks with samples then sent for laboratory estimation of the spot protein-creatinine ratio (PCR) (primary reference test). Secondary index tests included testing by antenatal healthcare professionals and an automated colorimetric reader.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value and likelihood ratios were calculated for self-testing (primary index test) along with healthcare professional and colorimetric testing compared to the primary reference test (PCR).

RESULTS: 335/345 (97%) had sufficient data to be included in the analysis. Self-testing had a sensitivity of 0.71 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.62-0.79) and a specificity of 0.89 (95% CI 0.84-0.92) compared to PCR. Sensitivity and specificity of testing by healthcare professionals and the colorimetric reader were similar: sensitivity 0.73 (95% CI 0.64-0.80) and 0.78 (95% CI 0.69-0.85), respectively; specificity 0.88 (95% CI 0.82-0.92) and 0.83 (95% CI 0.78-0.88), respectively.

CONCLUSION: Pregnant women can visually read a dipstick for urinary protein with similar accuracy to antenatal healthcare professionals. Automated colorimetric testing was not significantly different, in contrast to some previous studies. Self-testing has the potential to form part of a self-monitoring regime in pregnancy.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: BJOG. 2022 Dec;129(13):2149. - PMID 35491740

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

Enthalten in:

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 129(2022), 13 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2142-2148

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jakubowski, Bethany Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Stevens, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Lavallee, Layla [VerfasserIn]
Brittain, Lesley [VerfasserIn]
Crawford, Carole [VerfasserIn]
Hodgkinson, James [VerfasserIn]
Hinton, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Mackillop, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Chappell, Lucy C [VerfasserIn]
McManus, Richard J [VerfasserIn]
Tucker, Katherine Louise [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diagnostic accuracy study
Hypertension
Journal Article
Pre-eclampsia
Pregnancy
Proteinuria
Self-testing

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.11.2022

Date Revised 29.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: BJOG. 2022 Dec;129(13):2149. - PMID 35491740

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1471-0528.17180

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339422459