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. 2015 Nov 5;2015:366–375.

Table 2.

Accuracy of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) diagnosis in the participants in the ROP tele-education program.

ROP Disease Category Sensitivity, % (SE) Specificity, % (SE)
Pretest Posttest P value Pretest Posttest P value

All programs (N=81)
Mild or worse 81 (2) 93 (1) <0.001 69 (4) 88 (2) <0.001
Moderate or worse 71 (3) 79 (2) <0.002 79 (3) 90 (1) <0.001
Severe (treatment requiring) 55 (4) 66 (4) <0.022 79 (2) 89 (1) <0.001

Program 1 (N=27)
Mild or worse 83 (3) 95 (1) <.001 81 (5) 94 (2) <.001
Moderate or worse 67 (5) 81 (3) 0.003 88 (3) 92 (1) 0.18
Severe (treatment requiring) 54 (6) 71 (6) 0.012 85 (3) 89 (2) 0.27

Program 2 (N=43)
Mild or worse 80 (3) 92 (1) <.001 59 (6) 83 (3) <.001
Moderate or worse 73 (4) 81 (2) 0.111 71 (4) 88 (2) <.001
Severe (treatment requiring) 57 (6) 62 (5) 0.452 74 (3) 89 (2) <.001

Program 3 (N=11)
Mild or worse 78 (7) 90 (3) 0.176 81 (9) 95 (3) 0.176
Moderate or worse 73 (7) 82 (4) 0.377 84 (6) 89 (3) 0.182
Severe (treatment requiring) 48 (10) 66 (11) 0.343 81 (3) 89 (4) 0.11 2

ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; SE, standard error.