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. 2018 Sep 24;109(5-6):740–744. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0126-6

Table 4.

Samples discarded according to clients’ belief of what the sample was in relation to colorimetric test result

Match status* Discarded on site Total (%)
Matched 13 1891 (0.69)**
Not matched 8 155 (5.16)**
Unknown-belief 8 130 (6.15)**
Unknown-colorimetric result 23 148 (15.54)**
Unknown-Unknown 8 26 (30.77)
Other 5 37 (13.51)
Total 65 2387 (100.00)

*Match status refers to whether clients’ expectation of what the substance was, matched the colorimetric drug checking result

**Fisher’s exact test between (match and not-match), (match and unknown result), and (match and unknown belief/result) resulted in p value < 0.001