Predictive value of the urinary dipstick test in the management of patients with urinary tract infection-associated symptoms in primary care in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the test characteristics of a urine dipstick test in predicting a positive urine culture in an outpatient setting in Indonesia.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Two outpatient clinics in Medan, Indonesia.

Participants

616 consecutively enrolled participants suspected of having a urinary tract infection.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome is the estimates of accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, predictive values) where urine culture is the reference test. The secondary outcome is the post-test probability of a positive urine culture.

Results

The optimal test characteristics were obtained when index test positivity was defined as any leucocyte esterase reaction and/or a nitrite reaction and reference test positivity was def

SUBMITTER: Ginting F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6119407 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature