Accuracy and trust of self-testing for bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-405

  Huppert, Jill S ^a   Hesse, Elizabeth A ^a   Bernard, Marianne Claire ^a   Bates, Justin R ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^b   Kahn, Jessica A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bacterial; Female; Genital diseases; Patient acceptance of health care; Point of care systems; Vaginosis

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PH MEASUREMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRUST; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRUST; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866729981     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. E.H. Koumans, M. Sternberg, C. Bruce The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in the United States, 2001-2004; Associations with symptoms, sexual behaviors, and reproductive health Sex Transm Dis 34 2007 864 869
2. R.C. Bump, W.J. Buesching 3rd Bacterial vaginosis in virginal and sexually active adolescent females: Evidence against exclusive sexual transmission Am J Obstet Gynecol 158 1988 935 939
3. R.M. Brotman, E.J. Erbelding, R.M. Jamshidi Findings associated with recurrence of bacterial vaginosis among adolescents attending sexually transmitted diseases clinics J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 20 2007 225 231
4. S. Yen, M.A. Shafer, J. Moncada Bacterial vaginosis in sexually experienced and non-sexually experienced young women entering the military Obstet Gynecol 102 2003 927 933
5. D.A. Eschenbach, S. Hillier, C. Critchlow Diagnosis and clinical manifestations of bacterial vaginosis Am J Obstet Gynecol 158 1988 819 828
6. R.B. Ness, K.E. Kip, S.L. Hillier A cluster analysis of bacterial vaginosis-associated microflora and pelvic inflammatory disease Am J Epidemiol 162 2005 585 590
7. J. Hitti, R. Nugent, D. Boutain Racial disparity in risk of preterm birth associated with lower genital tract infection Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21 2007 330 337
8. J.I. French, J.A. McGregor, R. Parker Readily treatable reproductive tract infections and preterm birth among black women Am J Obstet Gynecol 194 2006 1717 1726 discussion:26-7
9. D.E. Soper, R.C. Bump, W.G. Hurt Bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis vaginitis are risk factors for cuff cellulitis after abdominal hysterectomy Am J Obstet Gynecol 163 1990 1016 1021 discussion:21-3
10. J.H. van de Wijgert, C.S. Morrison, J. Brown Disentangling contributions of reproductive tract infections to HIV acquisition in African women Sex Transm Dis 36 2009 357 364
11. L. Myer, L. Denny, R. Telerant Bacterial vaginosis and susceptibility to HIV infection in South African women: A nested case-control study J Infect Dis 192 2005 1372 1380
12. R.P. Nugent, M.A. Krohn, S.L. Hillier Reliability of diagnosing bacterial vaginosis is improved by a standardized method of gram stain interpretation J Clin Microbiol 29 1991 297 301
13. J.R. Schwebke, S.L. Hillier, J.D. Sobel Validity of the vaginal gram stain for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis Obstet Gynecol 88 1996 573 576
14. D.V. Landers, H.C. Wiesenfeld, R.P. Heine Predictive value of the clinical diagnosis of lower genital tract infection in women Am J Obstet Gynecol 190 2004 1004 1010
15. R. Amsel, P.A. Totten, C.A. Spiegel Nonspecific vaginitis Diagnostic criteria and microbial and epidemiologic associations Am J Med 74 1983 14 22
16. B. West, L. Morison, M. Schim van der Loeff Evaluation of a new rapid diagnostic kit (FemExam) for bacterial vaginosis in patients with vaginal discharge syndrome in the Gambia Sex Transm Dis 30 2003 483 489
17. R.E. Gutman, J.F. Peipert, S. Weitzen, J. Blume Evaluation of clinical methods for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis Obstet Gynecol 105 2005 551 556
18. L. Myziuk, B. Romanowski, S.C. Johnson BVBlue test for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis J Clin Microbiol 41 2003 1925 1928
19. C.S. Bradshaw, A.N. Morton, S.M. Garland Evaluation of a point-of-care test, BVBlue, and clinical and laboratory criteria for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis J Clin Microbiol 43 2005 1304 1308
20. K.P. Tebb, M.H. Paukku, M.R. Pai-Dhungat Home STI testing: The adolescent female's opinion J Adolesc Health 35 2004 462 467
21. D.R. Blake, A. Duggan, T. Quinn Evaluation of vaginal infections in adolescent women: Can it be done without a speculum? Pediatrics 102 1998 939 944
22. M.M. Hobbs, B. van der Pol, P. Totten From the NIH: Proceedings of a workshop on the importance of self-obtained vaginal specimens for detection of sexually transmitted infections Sex Transm Dis 35 2008 8 13
23. D.G. Ferris, P. Nyirjesy, J.D. Sobel Over-the-counter antifungal drug misuse associated with patient-diagnosed vulvovaginal candidiasis Obstet Gynecol 99 2002 419 425
24. pHEM-ALERT [package insert] Redmond, WA: Gynex, Inc. http://www. thejessecause.org/media/pHEM-ALERT-Pkg-Insert.pdf Last accessed September 22, 2011
25. S. Roy, J.C. Caillouette, J.S. Faden Improving appropriate use of antifungal medications: The role of an over-the-counter vaginal pH self-test device Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 11 2003 209 216
26. J.S. Huppert, E. Hesse, G. Kim Adolescent women can perform a point-of-care test for trichomoniasis as accurately as clinicians Sex Transm Infect 86 2010 514 519
27. J.S. Huppert, E.A. Hesse, M.A. Bernard Acceptability of self-testing for trichomoniasis increases with experience Sex Transm Infect 87 2011 494 500
28. J.A. Kahn, D.I. Bernstein, S.L. Rosenthal Acceptability of human papillomavirus self testing in female adolescents Sex Transm Infect 81 2005 408 414
29. J.L. Fleiss Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions 2nd edition 1981 John Wiley & Sons New York, NY
30. W.C. Miller Bias in discrepant analysis: When two wrongs don't make a right J Clin Epidemiol 51 1998 219 231