International Journal of Pediatrics

Research Article

Parental Perception of Childhood Anaemia and Efficiency of Instrument Assisted Pallor Detection among Mothers in Southeast Nigeria: A Field Validation Study

Table 2

The distribution of clinical pallor and low haemoglobin in the four study localities and sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value of HB-Anae in detecting anaemia compared to HemoCue.
Locality (n)Proportion with pallor detected at any site by parents using HB-AnaeProportion with pallor detected at any site by healthcare workers Proportion with low haemoglobin using HemoCue 301 (<11g/dl)p-value
n (%)n (%)n (%)
Prevalence of anaemia (552)270 (48.9)289 (52.4)304 (55.1) 
Enugu    
 Abakpa (176)63 (35.8)48 (27.3)59 (33.5)0.25
 Ibagwa (112)45 (40.2)66 (58.9)77 (68.8)(1.303)
Umuahia    
 Umuahia North (148)92 (62.2)96 (64.9)96 (64.9) 
 Nkwegwu (116)70 (60.3)79 (68.1)72 (62.1) 
HemoCue as Standard    
 Sensitivity179/304 (58.9%)207/304 (68.1%)  
 Specificity157/248 (63.3%)156/248 (62.9%)  
 Positive Predictive Value179/270 (66.3%)207/289 (71.6%)  
 Negative Predictive Value157/282 (55.7%)156/263 (62.4%)  
HB-Anae compared with Clinical assessment by HCWs    
 Sensitivity221/287 (77.0%)   
 Specificity199/235 (84.7%)   
 Positive Predictive Value221/257 (86.0%)   
 Negative Predictive Value199/265 (75.1%)