Multiattribute Analysis of Trichomonas vaginalis Diagnostics and Its Correlation with Clinical Complaints and Contraceptive Methods in a Symptomatic Egyptian Cohort

Table 3

The diagnostic performance of the used diagnostic methods.

	Wet mount	Giemsa stain	Culture
Sensitivity	28.57%	28.57%	57.14%
Specificity	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Positive predictive value	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Negative predictive value	79.17%	79.17%	86.36%
Kappa	0.8	0.8	0.88

Key for kappa: <0: poor agreement, 0.01-0.20: slight agreement, 0.21-0.40: fair agreement, 0.41-0.60: moderate agreement, 0.61-0.8: substantial agreement, and 0.81-1.00: almost perfect agreement.