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. 2015 Mar 11;2015(3):CD009579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009579.pub2

Sellin 1982.

Study characteristics
Patient sampling Cross‐sectional design; unclear sampling
Patient characteristics and setting Species: S. haematobium
Country: Burkina Faso
Sample size: 1162
Age range: not reported
Participants: people from a high endemic village in Upper Volta
Setting: field study
Praziquantel status before study: treatment given after baseline study and follow‐up accuracy study done 1 year later
Index tests RS‐Microhaematuria, RS‐Proteinuria (Laboratoires Ames, Paris, France)
Target condition and reference standard(s) S. haematobium infection measured by urine microscopy (filtration method)
Flow and timing  
Comparative  
Notes  
Methodological quality
Item Authors' judgement Risk of bias Applicability concerns
DOMAIN 1: Patient Selection
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled? Unclear    
Was a case‐control design avoided? Yes    
Did the study avoid inappropriate exclusions? Unclear    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 2: Index Test RS‐Microhaematuria
Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard? Unclear    
If a threshold was used, was it pre‐specified? Yes    
Was quality control done? Unclear    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 2: Index Test RS‐Proteinuria
Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard? Unclear    
If a threshold was used, was it pre‐specified? Yes    
Was quality control done? Unclear    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 3: Reference Standard
Is the reference standards likely to correctly classify the target condition? No    
Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the index tests? Unclear    
Was quality control done? Unclear    
    High Low
DOMAIN 4: Flow and Timing
Was there an appropriate interval between index test and reference standard? Unclear    
Did all patients receive the same reference standard? Yes    
Were all patients included in the analysis? Yes    
    Low