Table 3.
Accuracy of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) diagnosis in the trainees randomized to active tele-education and control at Program 1.
| ROP Disease Category | Sensitivity, % (SE) | Specificity, % (SE) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretest | Posttest | P value | Pretest | Posttest | P value | |
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| Tele-education group (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 |
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| Control (N=26) | ||||||
| Mild or worse | 82 (4) | 84 (3) | 0.708 | 79 (5) | 79 (5) | 0.932 |
| Moderate or worse | 70 (5) | 78 (4) | 0.023 | 85 (3) | 84 (4) | 0.899 |
| Severe (treatment requiring) | 53 (7) | 64 (7) | 0.11 2 | 80 (3) | 79 (3) | 0.846 |
ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; SE, standard error.