Wiwanitkit Viroj, Ekawong Prapawadee
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Travel Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;14(2):129-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00090.x.
Urine pregnancy diagnostic test is easily available. It is a requirement of the screening program for Myanmar workers who pursue employment in Thailand. Only a few studies have estimated population pregnancy rates using objective and laboratory-based criteria. Here, the authors performed a study on laboratory-measured pregnancy rates among Myanmar workers who pursue employment in Thailand from an experience in a tertiary hospital in Thailand. The data from medical records of the female Myanmar migrant workers who got a diagnostic urine pregnancy test at Division of Laboratory Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, from July 2004 to June 2005 were reviewed. A total of 263 medical records were reviewed in this study. There were 17 positive cases of the overall 263. The diagnostic test results were negative in 246 cases (93.5%) and positive in 17 (6.5%). Screening for the urine pregnancy among these migrant workers can help decrease the improper antenatal care.
