Table 5. Diagnostic performance between schistosomiasis rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy.
RDTs (trace positive) | ||||||
Detected | Not detected | Expected agreement | Observed agreement | Kappa statistic a | p-value | |
S. mansoni | ||||||
Microscopy | 75.7% | 77.1% | 0.058 | <0.001 | ||
Detected | 71/1,564 | 33/5,098 | ||||
Not detected | 1,493/1,564 | 5,065/5,098 | ||||
S. haematobium | ||||||
Microscopy | 89.0% | 90.5% | 0.13 | <0.001 | ||
Detected | 56/665 | 20/5,918 | ||||
Not detected | 609/665 | 5,898/5,918 | ||||
RDTs (trace negative) | ||||||
Detected | Not detected | Expected agreement | Observed agreement | Kappa statistic a | p-value | |
S. mansoni | ||||||
Microscopy | 90.6% | 92.3% | 0.18 | <0.001 | ||
Detected | 65/538 | 39/6,124 | ||||
Not detected | 473/538 | 6,085/6,124 | ||||
S. haematobium | ||||||
Microscopy | 94.0% | 95.2% | 0.19 | <0.001 | ||
Detected | 42/326 | 34/6,257 | ||||
Not detected | 284/326 | 6,223/6,257 |
aKappa agreement classification: ≤0.20 = poor; 0.21–0.40 = fair; 0.41–0.60 = moderate; 0.61–0.80 = good; 0.81–1.00 = very good. RDTs = rapid diagnostic tests.