Conditions for which respondents would like a point-of-care test to help them diagnose conditions: top 10 in each country
| Australia (n=298) | Belgium (n=319) | The Netherlands (n=639) | UK (n=1109) | USA (n=405) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condition | Per cent (n) | Condition | Per cent (n) | Condition | Per cent (n) | Condition | Per cent (n) | Condition | Per cent (n) |
| Diabetes | 57 (170) | PE/DVT | 94 (300) | PE/DVT | 106.5 (651)* | UTI | 47 (521) | UTI | 56 (225) |
| Acute cardiac disease | 42 (126) | Acute cardiac disease | 76 (241) | Acute cardiac disease | 62.7 (383) | PE/DVT | 43 (478) | Strep throat | 54 (218) |
| UTI | 32 (95) | Heart failure | 24 (75) | Chest infection/cough/LRTI | 54.7 (334) | Diabetes | 35 (385) | Diabetes | 42 (169) |
| Pregnancy | 26 (79) | Chest infection/cough/LRTI | 24 (75) | UTI | 26.0 (159) | Acute cardiac disease | 25 (282) | Influenza | 40 (162) |
| Anaemia | 18 (53) | Infections | 23 (74) | Heart failure | 22.9 (140) | INR/anticoagulation | 18 (199) | Pregnancy | 25 (103) |
| Chronic and acute renal conditions (excluding UTI) | 15 (45) | UTI | 19 (61) | Anaemia | 20.0 (122) | Pregnancy | 16 (178) | Infectious mono | 14 (56) |
| INR/anticoagulation | 17 (51) | Acute and chronic renal impairment | 12 (39) | Diabetes | 14.7 (90) | Anaemia | 15 (162) | Anaemia | 13 (52) |
| PE/DVT | 13 (40) | Diabetes | 12 (37) | Infections | 13.1 (80) | Heart failure | 11 (124) | STDs | 7 (27) |
| Heart failure | 12 (37) | Anaemia | 8 (24) | Appendicitis | 10.8 (66) | COPD/asthma | 10 (116) | INR | 7 (27) |
| COPD/asthma | 12 (35) | STDs | 7 (21) | STDs | 9.0 (55) | Chest infection/cough/LRTI | 9 (102) | Acute cardiac disease | 6 (23) |
*>100% Since we combined PE and DVT. This is because some respondents in the Netherlands listed both PE and PE/DVT. In other countries we faced similar problems. Since it was impossible to split PE from DVT when respondents listed PE/DVT as a single condition, we lumped them together.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; INR, international normalised ratio; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; PE, pulmonary embolism; STD, sexually transmitted disease; UTI, urinary tract infection.