- 作者：Sarah R. Johnson ; Sonya Godbert ; Paul Perry ; Pauline Parsons ; Louise Roberts ; Philip Buchanan ; John Larsen ; Todd A. Alonzo ; Michael Zinaman
- 关键词：Pregnancy duration ; ultrasound ; human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
- 刊名：Fertility and Sterility
- 出版年：December, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：100
- 期：6
- 页码：1635-1641.e1
- 全文大小：405 K
Objective
To assess a home pregnancy test's accuracy to concurrently detect pregnancy and determine pregnancy duration.Design
Multicenter, prospective study.
Setting
Study sites in the United States.
Patient(s)
Women actively attempting to conceive who have menstrual bleeds (18-45 years).
Intervention(s)
Volunteers collected early morning urine samples (three or fewer menstrual cycles). Pregnant volunteers underwent ultrasound dating scans. Ovulation day (LH surge +1 day) during pregnancy-resulting cycles was determined by quantitative measurement of LH. Random urine samples were tested with the hCG-measuring pregnancy test from 4 days before the expected period until 4 weeks later.
Main Outcome Measure(s)
A home pregnancy test's accuracy in determining pregnancy duration compared with ultrasound and ovulation day.
Result(s)
Agreement between pregnancy test results and time since ovulation was 93% (confidence interval [CI], 91.5-94.4). Agreement with ultrasound was dependent on the formula: there was 99% agreement when calculated with adjustment for Hadlock formula bias (Pexsters; CI, 98.2-99.4) or using a nonbias formula (Wu; CI, 98.6-99.6), when ultrasound error was accommodated. Agreement was lower when bias/measurement errors were not accounted for (Wu, 86%, CI, 83.9-88; Hadlock, 80.8, CI, 78.2-83.3).
Conclusion(s)
This home pregnancy test provides an accurate estimation of pregnancy duration in weeks categories, 1-2, 2-3, 3+ weeks since ovulation, thereby showing utility in dating pregnancy.