Operational characteristics of an antibody detecting point of care test for Taenia solium infections in a community and hospital setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnostic test evaluation includes measures of performance and assessment of operational characteristics. The latter focuses on end-user understanding of instructions to perform the test, ease of use, test turnaround time and ease of result interpretation. This study aimed to assess user comprehension of training for and ease of use of a Taenia solium point of care test (TS POC) evaluated in a community and hospital setting in Zambia and Tanzania, respectively.

Methods

The TS POC is a three-step in-house-produced rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for the simultaneous detection of taeniosis (TST) and cysticercosis (TSCC) antibodies. Data collected by administering questionnaires to 29 end-users and from the main evaluation database was analyzed quantitatively.

Result

SUBMITTER: Mubanga C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235832 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature