A prospective observational study to test the feasibility of smartphone enabled uChek urinalysis device to detect biomarkers (protein, microalbumin and protein:creatine ratio) in urine, indicative of preeclampsia/eclampsia at over 22 weeks of gestation and assess attitudes of clinicians towards uChek as a new technology for urinalysis.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
375
The uChek TM urine analyzer is a semi-automated urinalysis system, installed as an application on a smartphone. It makes use of a smartphone's camera to automatically read urine dipsticks.
Hope Hospital for Women and Children
Cox’s Bāzār, Bangladesh
Feasibility of using uChek for standard urinalysis in an antenatal care (ANC) setting
1\. Test the feasibility of using the uChek urinalysis device to detect biomarkers of preeclampsia/eclampsia at over 22 weeks of gestation as compared to using the sites' current urinalysis method. A correlation analysis of the rate of detection of protein in urine between the uChek and the standard visual dipstick test using the quantitative results from the visual dipstick test and uChek results collected at each of three ANC visits.
Time frame: 6 months
Impressions and attitudes of healthcare workers re: uChek for urinalysis in ANC
Assess impressions, preferences and attitudes of the clinicians towards the uChek as a tool for urinalysis in antenatal care. A quantitative analysis of questionnaire responses about the usability of the device, including but not limited to: * % agree or strongly agree that the uChek is an accurate urinalysis device * % reporting that they agree or strongly agree that uChek is easier to use than current method of urinalysis * % reporting that they agree or strongly agree that uChek is a suitable technology for a low resource setting
Time frame: 6 months
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