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Area of Science:

  • Urology
  • Diagnostic Screening
  • Evidence-Based Medicine

Background:

  • Urinary dipsticks are utilized for screening asymptomatic individuals and case-finding in hospital patients.
  • Abnormalities detected may lead to investigations for serious conditions like bladder cancer and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
  • Potential benefits include earlier detection, while harms involve unnecessary invasive follow-up and treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the benefits and harms of urinary dipstick screening.
  • To evaluate screening in general populations and hospital inpatients.

Main Methods:

  • Searched the Cochrane Renal Group's Specialised Register up to September 2014.
  • Included randomized controlled trials and other study types comparing dipstick screening with no screening.
  • Excluded studies on patients with existing urinary disorders.

Main Results:

  • Searches yielded 4298 records; 4249 were excluded after title/abstract assessment.
  • 49 records (44 studies) were eligible for full-text review.
  • No studies met the inclusion criteria for analysis.

Conclusions:

  • No evidence was found to assess the benefits and harms of urinary dipstick screening.
  • The overall impact of urinary dipstick screening remains unknown.