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by Editors of Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports tests 18 home pregnancy tests, focusing on the marketing claim that many are "99% accurate." The editors point out that to make this claim, manufacturers are only required to show that a… test matches the results of an older test already on the market 99% of the time, so it's simply a comparison between older and newer tests. The tests are evaluated for sensitivity and ease of reading. We hope to see Consumer Reports update this test.
by L. Cole, S. Khanlian, J. Sutton, S. Davies, W. Rayburn
by Norman Ravski, MD
This site provides information on limitations with home pregnancy tests, interpreting results, practical tips and more from Dr. Norman Ravski, MD, an attending gynecologist/obstetrician at Yale-New Haven… Hospital and an assistant clinical professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the Yale School of Medicine. Along with a discussion of the findings in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology tests, Ravski discusses types of pregnancy tests and gives some general guidelines to those taking home pregnancy tests or trying to interpret the results.
by Sharon Cohen
Shape includes a short, lay-person-friendly summary of the above study results, noting that First Response is the most sensitive home pregnancy test, detecting 95% of pregnancies on the first day of a… missed period, and Clearblue Easy Earliest Results comes in second best by detecting 80% of pregnancies on the first day of a missed period. Methods of increasing accuracy include testing a week after a missed period and/or reading the result at ten minutes instead of the manufacturer-recommended one to three minutes.
by Rebecca Smith Waddell
This review doesn't address ease of use, but it does include quantitative sensitivity information about a large number of home pregnancy test kits. Manufacturer contact information is also provided. The… most sensitive tests listed here detect 15 to 25 mIU hCG. The FAQ section is helpful, with pictures of positive and negative results, as well as comprehensive answers to common (and some uncommon) questions about home pregnancy tests.
by Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE
About.com's Pregnancy/Birth Guide, Robin Elise Weiss, states she tested five home pregnancy tests on a woman who was five weeks, zero days pregnant - yet the title of this review is "Top 7 Pregnancy Tests,"… and there are indeed seven listed. Clearblue Easy Pregnancy Test is listed but not reviewed, and the other reviews are quite scant. First Response, e.p.t and Fact Plus receive five stars, while Equate from Wal-Mart receives 4.5 stars. The seventh "test" is an online quiz that readers can take entitled "Am I Pregnant?" (Note that ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but is not affiliated editorially.)
by Megan Clarke
Using herself as a guinea pig, Megan Clarke, an admitted pregnancy-test enthusiast, tests 15 tests (including two digital tests). Clarke already knows she's pregnant, so this article is more about how to… interpret results than which tests can make the determination earliest. There's excellent information on this site about how tests work and what might trigger a false positive. Though lacking in truly scientific testing, this site is entertaining and informative.
by Megan Clarke
by Contributors to Epinions
Epinions lists dozens of pregnancy tests, but only about two dozen receive owner-written ratings. Tests that do receive ratings get between one to over 40 comments. Clearblue Easy scored the highest of… those reviewed by more than 30 people. First Response Early Result is also reviewed by over 30 people and receives a middling rating with women complaining of false positives, a complaint found more with early-result tests. While reviews are interesting to read, none of them are scientific or comparative.
by Contributors to Drugstore.com
by Editors of Baby Hopes
by Editors of MommyGuide.com
Like some other websites listed here, MommyGuide.com publishes a comparison chart of 51 tests, ranked from most to least sensitive based on calls made to the manufacturers about the amount of hCG detected.… Listings also include a website or phone number for the product, mIU level and name and location of the company that produces the product. It is noted that the sensitivity ratings for each product are based on information provided from the manufacturer, as opposed to a lab analysis. No ratings or recommendations are made.
by Members of JustMommies.com
This website has put together a pregnancy-test accuracy chart with the help of its registered members, asking them to post the results of their own pregnancy tests. Over 30 different tests are listed. After… the members take a test, they post how many days past ovulation they received a positive result (eight to 14+). There are also two columns set aside for false positive/evaporated line, or false negative as compared to testing positive with another brand. While it's not the most scientific survey, it's interesting to see that the results consistently match up with reviews on other websites.
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