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Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19
Male infertility affects up to 12% of men. Although manual testing using microscope examination and computer-assisted semen analysis are standard methods of measuring sperm count and motility, these methods are limited by being laboratory based. To investigate the usefulness of a novel semen analysi...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35709172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269894 |
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author | Kim, Kyu Shik Kim, Ji Hoon Roh, Ji Hyoung Kim, Daegwan Kim, Hyang Mi Jo, Jung Ki |
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description | Male infertility affects up to 12% of men. Although manual testing using microscope examination and computer-assisted semen analysis are standard methods of measuring sperm count and motility, these methods are limited by being laboratory based. To investigate the usefulness of a novel semen analysis device using a smartphone camera. This prospective multicenter randomized parallel design trial enrolled 200 men aged ≥19 years of age between August and December 2018. Each subject was advised to use the Smart Sperm Test for OVIEW-M at home after 5 days of abstinence. The accuracy of the OVIEW-M test relative to the in-hospital test was determined. A questionnaire was administered to assess subject likelihood of using the OVIEW-M. Measurements using standard methods and the OVIEW-M showed similar sperm counts and similar motile sperm counts. Correlation analysis showed significant correlations between sperm count and sperm motility when measured by OVIEW-M tests (r = 0.893, p < 0.01) and standard microscope examination (r = 0.883, p < 0.01). Of the subjects who responded to questionnaires, 43% regarded the results of the OVIEW-M tests as reliable and 18% as unreliable. Semen analysis with the smartphone-based application and accessories yielded results not inferior to those of laboratory tests. Men who visit the hospital for evaluation of infertility can easily perform OVIEW-M semen tests at home. |
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spelling | pubmed-92028682022-06-17 Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 Kim, Kyu Shik Kim, Ji Hoon Roh, Ji Hyoung Kim, Daegwan Kim, Hyang Mi Jo, Jung Ki PLoS One Research Article Male infertility affects up to 12% of men. Although manual testing using microscope examination and computer-assisted semen analysis are standard methods of measuring sperm count and motility, these methods are limited by being laboratory based. To investigate the usefulness of a novel semen analysis device using a smartphone camera. This prospective multicenter randomized parallel design trial enrolled 200 men aged ≥19 years of age between August and December 2018. Each subject was advised to use the Smart Sperm Test for OVIEW-M at home after 5 days of abstinence. The accuracy of the OVIEW-M test relative to the in-hospital test was determined. A questionnaire was administered to assess subject likelihood of using the OVIEW-M. Measurements using standard methods and the OVIEW-M showed similar sperm counts and similar motile sperm counts. Correlation analysis showed significant correlations between sperm count and sperm motility when measured by OVIEW-M tests (r = 0.893, p < 0.01) and standard microscope examination (r = 0.883, p < 0.01). Of the subjects who responded to questionnaires, 43% regarded the results of the OVIEW-M tests as reliable and 18% as unreliable. Semen analysis with the smartphone-based application and accessories yielded results not inferior to those of laboratory tests. Men who visit the hospital for evaluation of infertility can easily perform OVIEW-M semen tests at home. Public Library of Science 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9202868/ /pubmed/35709172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269894 Text en © 2022 Kim et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kim, Kyu Shik Kim, Ji Hoon Roh, Ji Hyoung Kim, Daegwan Kim, Hyang Mi Jo, Jung Ki Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 |
title | Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 |
title_full | Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 |
title_fullStr | Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 |
title_short | Ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based O`VIEW-M(®) sperm test: Useful tool in the era of Covid-19 |
title_sort | ability and accuracy of the smartphone-based o`view-m(®) sperm test: useful tool in the era of covid-19 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35709172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269894 |
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