title: Measurement and modification of the accuracy of determinations of urine glucose concentration.
abstract: Studies were designed to assess the accuracy of urine glucose testing in a sample of juvenile diabetic subjects, and to determine the effects of a visual discrimination training procedure on the accuracy. In the first study, each of 81 juvenile-diabetic children was presented three prepared glucose solutions and asked to determine the glucose concentration using the 2-Drop Clinitest method. Results showed errors in 54.3% of the judgments, with greatest difficulty occurring with 1-g/dl concentrations. The majority of errors were false negatives. Study II involved similar testing accuracy on a sample of 10 nurses and 2 research technicians, before and after a visual discrimination training procedure. Results showed that the subjects were incorrect on 39% of the trials initially, with a reduction in the error rate to less than 19% after training.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001322:Autoanalysis; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000652:urine*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006029:Glycosuria; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D011934:Reagent Strips
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D011934:Reagent Strips; D006441:Hemoglobin A