RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Measurement and Modification of the Accuracy of Determinations of Urine Glucose Concentration
JF Diabetes Care
JO Diabetes Care
FD American Diabetes Association
SP 535
OP 536
DO 10.2337/diacare.3.4.535
VO 3
IS 4
A1 Epstein, Leonard H
A1 Chris Coburn, P
A1 Becker, Dorothy
A1 Drash, Allan
A1 Siminerio, Linda
YR 1980
UL http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/3/4/535.abstract
AB Studies were designed to assess the accuracy of urine glucose testing in a sample of juvenile diabetic subjects, and to determine the effects of a visual discrimination training procedure on the accuracy. In the first study, each of 81 juvenile-diabetic children was presented three prepared glucose solutions and asked to determine the glucose concentration using the 2-Drop Clinitest method. Results showed errors in 54.3% of the judgments, with greatest difficulty occurring with 1-g/dl concentrations. The majority of errors were false negatives. Study II involved similar testing accuracy on a sample of 10 nurses and 2 research technicians, before and after a visual discrimination training procedure. Results showed that the subjects were incorrect on 39% of the trials initially, with a reduction in the error rate to less than 19% after training.