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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 May 1;136(5):498–504. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.0649

Table 2.

Comparison of Accuracy in ROP Diagnosis Between Telemedicine and Ophthalmoscopy

Zone Stage Plus Disease Category




Examination No. RSD
Agreement, %
(95%CI)
Weighted κ RSD
Agreement, %
(95%CI)
Weighted κ RSD
Agreement, %
(95%CI)
Weighted κ RSD
Agreement, %
(95%CI)
Weighted κ
Telemedicine

  Grader 1 1553 88 (87–90) 0.56 70 (68–73) 0.70 93 (92–94) 0.82 72 (70–74) 0.68

  Grader 2 1553 87 (85–88) 0.48 71 (69–73) 0.69 87 (85–89) 0.68 73 (71–76) 0.70

  Grader 3 1553 89 (88–91) 0.60 85 (84–87) 0.85 97 (96–98) 0.91 86 (85–88) 0.85

P valuea NA .06 NA <.001 NA <.001 NA <.001 NA

Ophthalmoscopy

  Clinician 1 616 95 (93–97) 0.83 94 (92–96) 0.91 95 (94–97) 0.86 94 (92–96) 0.91

  Clinician 2 162 96 (93–99) 0.91 88 (83–94) 0.86 78 (71–84) 0.57 81 (75–87) 0.75

  Clinician 3 82 94 (89–99) 0.89 77 (68–86) 0.69 72 (62–82) 0.13 77 (68–86) 0.68

  Clinician 4 172 97 (95–99) 0.83 89 (85–94) 0.76 97 (95–99) 0.70 92 (88–96) 0.82

  Clinician 5 446 86 (83–90) 0.63 82 (78–86) 0.70 82 (78–85) 0.17 71 (66–75) 0.51

P valuea NA <.001 NA <.001 NA <.001 NA <.001 NA

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; RSD, reference standard diagnosis.

a

Based on Pearson χ2 test.