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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2016 Oct 14;224(1):8–15.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.10.027

Table 2.

Accuracy, Confidence, and Test Characteristics, Without and With Photos

Without photo With photo p Value
Accuracy, numerator/denominator (%)
    SSI 75/122 (61.5) 74/115 (64.3) 0.24
    SSI (ambiguous) 65/128 (50.8) 73/121 (60.3) 0.13
    Not SSI (ambiguous) 86/128 (67.2) 105/123 (85.4) <0.001
    Not SSI 94/103 (91.3) 97/99 (98.0) 0.109
    Overall 320/481 (66.5) 349/458 (76.2) <0.001
Confidence, mean (SD), 0-10 scale
    SSI 5.8 (1.6) 6.7 (1.9) <0.001
    SSI (ambiguous) 5.9 (1.8) 7.2 (1.9) <0.001
    Not SSI (ambiguous) 5.8 (2.1) 7.6 (1.9) <0.001
    Not SSI 6.3 (1.8) 8.4 (1.6) <0.001
    Correct diagnosis (SSI) 6.1 (1.7) 7.2 (1.8) <0.001
    Incorrect diagnosis (SSI) 5.7 (2.9) 6.7 (3.4) <0.001
    Correct diagnosis (not SSI) 6.3 (1.8) 8.3 (1.7) <0.001
    Incorrect diagnosis (not SSI) 6.0 (2.7) 6.6 (2.1) 0.82
    Overall 6.1 (1.8) 7.6 (1.9) <0.001
Test characteristics, %
    Sensitivity 56.0 62.3 0.16
    Specificity 77.9 91.0 <0.001
    Positive predictive value 73.3 88.0 <0.001
    Negative predictive value 62.1 69.4 0.06

SSI, surgical site infection.