Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care devices for detection of anemia in community settings in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate diagnosis of anemia by community workers using a point-of-care device is a challenge. The objective of the study was to establish the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care devices for detecting anemia in community settings.

Methods

It was diagnostic accuracy study with cross-sectional design on adult patients attending the outpatient department of rural/ urban health centres of Medical colleges from India. The index tests were HemoCue, TrueHb, Massimo's device and spectroscopic device, compared against autoanalyzer (gold standard). Accuracy was expressed by sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, predictive values, area under the curve (AUC) and levels of agreement. For the diagnostic accuracy component, 1407 participants were recruited with a minimum

SUBMITTER: Neogi SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7249358 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature