| Use of a checklist to rule out pregnancy: a systematic review. | |
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PMID: 23040127 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Safe initiation of contraceptive methods requires that pregnancy be excluded. The World Health Organization has developed a list of criteria to assess pregnancy status. This review was conducted to evaluate the evidence regarding these criteria in excluding pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: The PubMed database was searched from database inception through March 2012 for all peer-reviewed articles in any language concerning the performance of a pregnancy checklist compared to urine pregnancy tests. The quality of each study was assessed using the United States Preventive Services Task Force grading system. RESULTS: Four analyses of data from three studies met inclusion criteria as direct evidence. All were diagnostic accuracy studies of fair quality that evaluated the performance of a pregnancy checklist compared with urine pregnancy test to rule out pregnancy. The performance of the checklist varied, with sensitivity ranging from 55-100% and specificity ranging from 39-89%. The negative predictive value was consistent across studies at 99-100%. CONCLUSION: All four analyses demonstrated high (99-100%) negative predictive value for the pregnancy checklist. |
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Naomi K Tepper; Polly A Marchbanks; Kathryn M Curtis |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-4 |
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Title: Contraception Volume: - ISSN: 1879-0518 ISO Abbreviation: Contraception Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0234361 Medline TA: Contraception Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Published by Elsevier Inc. |
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Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. Electronic address: ntepper@cdc.gov. |
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