Evaluation of the Performance of Haemoglobin Colour Scale and Comparison with HemoCue Haemoglobin Assay in Diagnosing Childhood Anaemia: A Field Validation Study
Table 1
The performance of HCS in estimating haemoglobin using HemoCue assay as standard.
Variable
Performance of HCS
Performance of HCS
p-value
Absolute figure (n)
Percentage (%)
Anaemia detected (<11g/dl) (n=552)
HemoCue
233
44.5
HCS
262
50.0
0.25
Performance of HCS using HemoCue assay as Standard
Total sample
524
Number of anaemic children in the sample
233
44.5
Sensitivity
233/262
89.1
Specificity
261/290
90.2
PPV
261/290
90.2
NPV
261/290
90.2
Performance of Clinical detection of anaemia using HemoCue as standard