Self-testing for pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Urine pregnancy tests are often inaccessible in low-income settings. Expanded provision of home pregnancy testing could support self-care options for sexual and reproductive health and rights. We conducted a systematic review of pregnancy self-testing effectiveness, values and preferences and cost.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis using the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.

Data sources

PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and EMBASE and four trial registries were searched through 2 November 2020.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

We included trials and observational studies that compared urine self-testing for pregnancy to health worker-led pregnancy testing on effectiveness outcomes; quantitat

SUBMITTER: Kennedy CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8886405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature