Improving Appropriate Use of Antifungal Medications: The Role of an Over-the-Counter Vaginal pH Self-Test Device
| Author(s) : | Ramos Diana E. Roy Tapon Faden Joel S. Caillouette James C. Roy Subir , |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2003 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | Objectives: To determine whether patients can understand and use the vaginal pH device in the diagnosis of vaginitis. To compare whether vaginal pH readings determined by patients and healthcare providers are similar. To determine whether vaginalpHcan reduce inappropriate over-the-counter (OTC) antifungal medication use and improve the correct diagnosis of vaginitis., |