title: A prospective observational study on the accuracy of patient self-testing of urine at an antenatal clinic.
abstract: This study was performed to assess whether assigning dipstick self-testing of urine to antenatal women maintained accuracy and clinical relevance of the results. A total of 212 women were recruited from the routine antenatal clinic for the assessment of accuracy of self-testing of urine. The women's results were compared to that of the one nurse who routinely performs dipstick testing at the antenatal clinic. Analysis of the results indicates that women tended to over estimate proteinuria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Judith T W
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods; D011336:Probability; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016353:Self-Examination / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000379:methods*; D014556:Urine / Q000166:cytology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents