Research Article

Evaluation of Urine Reagent Strip as a Tool for Routine Diagnosis of Maternal Urogenital Schistosomiasis at Antenatal Clinic Visit in Munyenge, South West Region, Cameroon

Table 4

Performance of microhaematuria and proteinuria in the diagnosis of UGS among pregnant women.

ANC visitDiagnostic parametersMicrohaematuria (95% CI)Proteinuria (95% CI)

1st visitSensitivity54.5 (34.6–73.1)13.6 (4.7–33.3)
Specificity98.6 (92.4–99.7)97.2 (90.3–99.2)
PPV92.3 (66.7–98.6)60.0 (23.1–88.2)
NPV87.5 (78.5–93.1)78.4 (68.7–85.7)
Accuracy88.2 (80.0–93.3)77.4 (67.9–84.7)
κ value0.60.1

2nd visitSensitivity59.1 (38.7–76.7)0.0 (—)
Specificity100.0 (94.9–100.0)98.6 (92.4–99.7)
PPV100.0 (77.2–100.0)0.0 (—)
NPV88.7 (80.0–94.0)76.1 (66.4–83.6)
Accuracy90.3 (82.6–94.8)75.3 (65.6–82.6)
κ value0.7−0.02

3rd visitSensitivity59.1 (38.7–76.7)0.0 (—)
Specificity98.6 (92.4–99.7)94.4 (86.4–97.8)
PPV92.9 (68.5–98.7)0.0 (—)
NPV88.6 (79.7–93.9)75.3 (65.4–83.1)
Accuracy89.2 (81.3–94.0)72.0 (62.2–88.1)
κ value0.7−0.08

PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value.