Home testing for pregnancy — can it be recommended?

Lindstedt, Göran; Himmelmann, Carl-Eric; Salsmans, R.; Valentin, Katharina Cullberg

doi:10.1080/00365518209168099

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“…Other studies involved tests to detect or facilitate diagnosis of vaginal infections (n=4) [22–25], tests for diabetes and its complications (e.g. blood glucose or microalbuminuria; n=4) [26–29], malaria tests (n=3) [30–32], pregnancy tests (n=3) [33–35], cholesterol tests (n=1) [36], fecal occult blood tests (n=1) [37], urinary tract disease screening tests (n=1) [38], and oral anticoagulation monitoring tests (n=1) [39]. Table I provides a brief summary of the studies of non-HIV home tests included in the review.…”

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Home Testing Past, Present and Future: Lessons Learned and Implications for HIV Home Tests

et al. 2013

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The recent approval in the United States of the first rapid home test to diagnose HIV raises questions about its potential use and impact. We reviewed the existing literature on the unassisted use of home tests involving self-collection and testing of biological samples by untrained users – including existing HIV self-testing studies – to shed some light on what can be expected from the availability of the HIV home test. The studies reviewed showed that most participants could properly perform home tests, obtain accurate results, and interpret them – yielding high correlations with laboratory and health-professional performed tests. Users often had trouble performing blood-based tests. Participants generally understood the need to confirm positive test results. Materials accompanying HIV home tests should emphasize symptoms of acute infection and the need for additional testing when recent infection is suspected. Different home-test-based screening modalities, personalized HIV-counseling resources and HIV home test impact evaluation methods should be studied.

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