Home Pregnancy Test Evaluation Study

The study will be conducted in two parts:

Part 1: Volunteers representative of pregnancy test users will use a range (4 of 7 different tests being evaluated) in their own home to gain usability data. All products will be used according to their instructions for use which, where required, will be translated into English prior to the study start. A study questionnaire will be completed after each test is used.

Part 2: The volunteers will attend the study site soon after completing their last home test and be required to read randomised results of tests conducted by study technicians (pregnant and not pregnant) to gain an understanding of their ability to correctly read results of the tests. The technician will also read and record the test results to enable both the laboratory agreement (technician read) and the consumer readability to be determined and compared for each product.

Each volunteer will be required to provide a urine sample for determining pregnancy status and quantitative urinary hormone measurement (this is done to confirm the result obtained at home using the HPTs).

At the end of the testing period the volunteers will also be asked to rank the four products they have used in the study, based on a series of statements regarding usability and readability of the tests

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• Aged 18-45 years
• Willing to give informed consent
• Willing to conduct a personal home pregnancy test and reveal their pregnancy status

Exclusion criteria

• Currently or previously employed by SPD, Alere, Unipath, P&G, Abbott, or affiliates
• Has an immediate relative* currently or previously employed by SPD, Alere, Unipath, P&G, Abbott or affiliates
• Taken a hormonal preparation containing hCG in the last month, e.g. Pregnyl®
• Recently miscarried and yet to have 2 complete menstrual cycles before study start