Table 3.
SYMPTOM | No. of studies | No. of Patient | Sensitivity | (95% CI) | Variance Logit (sensitivity) | Specificity | (95% CI) | Variance Logit (specificity) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dysuriaa | 12 | 2845 | 0.79 | (0.72-0.85) | 0.39 | 0.39 | (0.31-0.49) | 0.40 |
Frequencyb | 11 | 2246 | 0.88 | (0.82-0.92) | 0.43 | 0.21 | (0.14-0.31) | 0.64 |
Back painc | 4 | 635 | 0.38 | (0.26-0.52) | 0.22 | 0.57 | (0.40-0.73) | 0.43 |
Feverd | 6 | 926 | 0.12 | (0.05-0.26) | 1.15 | 0.91 | (0.80-0.97) | 1.16 |
Flank paine | 4 | 783 | 0.29 | (0.18-0.43) | 0.31 | 0.65 | (0.59-0.70) | 0.01 |
Hematuria | 6 | 854 | 0.22 | (0.18-0.27) | 0.02 | 0.87 | (0.81-0.91) | 0.11 |
Lower abdominal painf | 5 | 914 | 0.44 | (0.26-0.64) | 0.78 | 0.58 | (0.37-0.77) | 0.86 |
Nocturia | 5 | 1492 | 0.59 | (0.48-0.70) | 0.22 | 0.57 | (0.51-0.62) | 0.04 |
Urgencyg | 7 | 1739 | 0.62 | (0.46-0.76) | 0.72 | 0.51 | (0.35-0.68) | 0.78 |
a One study reported dysuria as painful voiding (Medina-Bombardo 2003)
b Two studies reported frequency/dysuria (Dans&Klaus, Wigton: training and validation set)
c One study reported back pain as 'back or groin pain' (O'Brien)
d One study reported fever as pyrexia (Lawson 1973)
e One study reported flank pain as loin pain (Lawson 1973)
f Different definitions were used: 'Suprapubic pain' (Hummer-Pradier 2005), Suprapubic pressure' (Baerheim), 'abdominal pain' (Fahey 2003)
a One study reported urgency as urgency/frequency (Hummers-Pradier 2005)