Routine dipstick urinalysis in daily practice of Belgian occupational physicians

Table 1 Descriptive results of the study variables (n = 120)

Variables	n	%	Internal OHS (n)	External OHS (n)
	120	100	20	100
Gender
Men	62	52%	15	47
Women	58	48%	5	53
Who reads the tests ^a
Nurse	110	85%	17	93
Doctor	6	5%	3	3
Automatic device	6	5%	0	6
Nurse and automatic device	7	5%	0	7
Screening for haematuria
Yes	108	90%	16	92
No	12	10%	4	8
Who is screened
All workers	83	69%	19	64
All except low risk	37	31%	1	36
Those at-risk	0	0%	0	0
Presence of protocol
Yes	100	83%	18	82
No	18	15%	2	16
No idea	2	2%	0	2
Positive haematuria ^b
Correct answer	55	48%	10	45
Not correct	59	52%	8	51
Positive proteinuria ^c
Correct answer	55	46%	8	47
Not correct	65	54%	12	53
Referral after positive test
Yes	69	57%	7	62
No	12	10%	5	7
If presence of risk factors	39	33%	8	31

^a more than one answer possible.
^b n = 114 : 6 physicians did not test for heme; dipstick positive at equal or greater than 1+.
^c dipstick positive at equal or greater than 1+.

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